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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135011903321

Titolo

Traffic safety / / edited by George Yannis, Simon Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : ISTE Ltd : , : John Wiley and Sons Inc., , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-119-30784-8

1-119-30783-X

1-119-30785-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Science, Society and New Technologies Series. Research for Innovative Transports Set ; ; 4

THEi Wiley ebooks

Disciplina

363.125

Soggetti

Traffic safety - Social aspects

Traffic safety - Research

Conference papers and proceedings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; PART 1: Road Safety Policy; PART 2: Accident Analysis and Modeling; PART 3: Vulnerable Road Users' Safety; PART 4: Road Infrastructure Safety; PART 5: ITS and Safety; PART 6: Railway Safety; List of Authors; Index; EULA; Main findings; Conclusion; 1: Analysis of Road Safety Management Systems in Europe; 2: Conceptualizing Road Safety Management through a Territorialized Complex System: Context and Goals; 3: Development of the European Road Safety Knowledge System

4: Structural Time Series Modeling of the Number of Fatalities in Poland in Relation to Economic Factors5: Risk of Road Traffic Injuries for Pedestrians, Cyclists, Car Occupants and Powered Two-Wheel Users, based on a Road Trauma Registry and Travel Surveys, Rhône, France; 6: Development of Safety Performance Functions for Two-Lane Rural First-Class Main Roads in Hungary; 7: Mobility and Safety of Powered Two-Wheelers in OECD Countries; 8: Comparison of Car Drivers' and



Motorcyclists' Drink Driving in 19 Countries: Results from the SARTRE 4 Survey

9: Trajectories of Multiple People in Crowds Using Laser Range Scanner10: Safety of Urban Cycling: A Study on Perceived and Actual Dangers; 11: Speed Distribution and Traffic Safety Measures; 12: Ex-ante Assessment of a Speed Limit Reducing Operation - A Data-driven Approach; 13: Development of a Guideline for the Selection of Vehicle Restraint Systems - Identification of the Key Selection Parameters; 14: For the Vision of "Zero Accidents at Intersections": A Challenge between Road Safety and Capacity; 15: Safety Inspection and Management of the Road Network in Operation

16: Improving Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users Through ITS Applications17: Experimentation with the PRESERVE VSS and the Score@F System; 18: Safety Bus Routing for the Transportation of Pupils to School; 19: Spreading Awareness of Traffic Safety through Web Application; 20: Overview of Freight Train Derailments in the EU: Causes, Impacts, Prevention and Mitigation Measures; 21: A Risk Assessment Tool for Public Transportation; 22: The GETAWAY Project - Improving Passenger Evacuation Techniques in Railway Stations (and Other Transport Hubs)

23: Interpretive Structural Modeling of Security Systems for Better Security Management in Railways1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Methodology; 1.3. Qualitative analyses of road safety management systems in Europe; 1.4. Quantitative analyses; 1.5. Conclusion; 1.6. Key messages and recommendations; 1.7. Acknowledgments; 1.8. Bibliography; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Methodological challenge: integration of different road safety concepts into territorial complex system modeling; 2.3. A practical example: ZIVAG; 2.4. Conclusion and followings; 2.5. Bibliography; 3.1. Introduction

3.2. Data/knowledge collecting and processing