公共汽车快速运输作为动脉走廊交通平静:交通基础设施和机动车辆运行速度之间的关系
Ashish Ravi Joshi1, Nicholas N Ferenchak1, Lisa L Losada-Rojas1
1Gerald May Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Traffic injury prevention
|July 24, 2024
概括
公共汽车快速运输 (BRT) 基础设施大大降低了机动车辆的速度,特别是过速. 这些基础设施变化通过降低速度来提高交通安全,从而可能防止碰撞和受伤.
科学领域:
- 城市规划是城市规划.
- 运输工程 运输工程 运输工程
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 公共汽车快速运输 (BRT) 系统越来越多地在城市地区实施.
- 了解BRT基础设施对交通动态的具体影响对于安全至关重要.
- 阿尔伯克基快速运输 (ART) 项目提供了一个独特的机会,可以独立于运营研究基础设施的影响.
研究的目的:
- 分析BRT基础设施对交通缓和的影响.
- 在ART实施之前和之后量化机动车辆速度的变化.
- 为了区分BRT基础设施与BRT运营对车辆速度的影响.
主要方法:
- 在ART站点和控制站点对机动车辆速度的比较分析.
- 利用StreetLight InSight的验证数据进行速度测量.
- 在ART构造前后比较平均速度和第85百分比速度.
主要成果:
- ART基础设施显著降低了机动车辆的速度,特别是85百分比速度.
- 沿着ART走廊的第85百分比速度下降了11.5%,而在控制站点的速度降低了5.8%.
- 在十字路口和一般车道缩小的地方,减少更为明显.
结论:
- BRT基础设施有效地降低了车辆的速度,有助于降低交通.
- 与BRT相关的物理道路修改对减速有影响.
- 这些减速可以通过减轻碰撞严重程度来提高交通伤害预防能力.
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