A Tale of Two Cities—and an Island Resort—in Asia: Hazards Grow for Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Three grad students provide insights into traffic safety in China and Thailand in presentations at the TSC Seminar.
Walking into the Tsunami: the Need to Balance Sustainability, Multimodalism, and Traffic Safety
TSC Director David Ragland proposes a seven-point agenda to "tack to the wall" for making walking and biking safer while promoting non-motorized travel for the health of the planet—and its people.
A Traffic Safety Experiment in Salinas Valley
The TSC is taking its research to the streets of Greenfield, population 16,000, in the Salinas Valley to apply some specific education and outreach measures for promoting safety.
Useful Outside Links Added This Quarter:
Road Safety Audits (RSAs): Road safety audits can be used in any phase of project development from planning and preliminary engineering, design and construction. RSAs can also be used on any sized project from minor intersection and roadway retrofits to mega-projects. (FHWA).
Methods for Reaching Young Adults with Traffic Safety Messages: a summary released by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Includes descriptions of campaigns by state DOTs, commercial media outlets and federal agencies.
EVALUATION OF THE MAY 2005 CLICK IT OR TICKET MOBILIZATION TO INCREASE SEAT BELT USE: A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report on the May 2005 mobilization. Includes three case studies.
A HIGH-VISIBILITY ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE UNSAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS AMONG DRIVERS OF PASSENGER AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released guidelines for implementing a selective traffic enforcement program (STEP).
NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN AND AGING: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has released a report that explores residential and travel choices of the elderly.
INTERSECTION DECISION SUPPORT: AN OVERVIEW The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies has released a report that explores a rural Intersection Decision Support System.
SAFETY COMPASS NEWSLETTER: OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007 The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Safety Compass newsletter.
PEDESTRIAN FORUM - FALL 2007 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA): Topics include tribal school zone safety, speed campaigns and signal timing for older pedestrians.
