01350336

Monograph

This issues contains 13 papers concerned with various aspects of highway safety management, safety workforce development, and school transportation. Specific topics discussed include the following: sustainable safety; road safety policies; safety impacts of traffic management operations; managing safety in traffic analysis zones; reducing crash fatalities on rural roadways; road safety audits of low volume roads; safety improvement through speed management; mitigating real-time hazards on urban expressways; traffic safety training for local agency technical staff and elected and appointed officials; passenger drop-off capacity; school travel mode choice; and active travel intervention with small populations.

English

112p

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309167277

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Education and training; Expressways; Highway operations; Highway safety; Low volume roads; Mode choice; Policy; Rural highways; Safety audits; Safety management; School children; School trips; Speed control; Traffic analysis zones; Traffic safety; Urban areas

Dropoff (Passengers)

Highways; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Aug 22 2011 7:51AM

• A Priori Assessment of Safety Impacts of Traffic Management Operations: Level of Service–Based Approach
• Assessment of Traffic Safety Training for Local Agency Technical Staff and Elected and Appointed Officials
• Directing Traffic to Increase Passenger Drop-Off Capacity: Case Study at an Urban School
• Do Americans Oppose Controversial Evidence-Based Road Safety Policies?
• Effect of School Quality and Residential Environment on Mode Choice of School Trips
• Identifying Parent Perspectives to Guide Active Travel Intervention with Small Populations: Case Study in Denver, Colorado
• Identifying Promising Highway Segments for Safety Improvement Through Speed Management
• Integrating Trip and Roadway Characteristics to Manage Safety in Traffic Analysis Zones
• Low-Volume Roads and Road Safety Audits: Lessons Learned
• Model for Children’s School Travel Mode Choice: Accounting for Effects of Spatial and Social Interaction
• Reducing Crash Fatalities on Rural Roadways: Estimating Impacts of Legislation-Based Safety Improvement Measures
• Ten Years of Sustainable Safety in the Netherlands: An Assessment
• Understanding Crash Mechanisms and Selecting Interventions to Mitigate Real-Time Hazards on Urban Expressways