01472277

Monograph

This issue contains 16 papers concerned with transportation safety management, emergency management systems, operator education, school transportation, and older drivers. Among the topics discussed are tools for road safety management; states' current practices in road safety analysis; pricing for traffic safety; the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program; integrating safety and planning at the level of the individual; macroscopic patterns of urbanization and traffic safety; estimating the highway collision rate with consideration of traffic flow; traffic safety and urban form; ranking unsignalized rural intersections for safety improvement; icy-curve warning systems; emergency vehicle collisions; novice drivers compliance with road rules; Web-based parent support program to improve teens' home-based practice driving; parental attitudes on children's active school commuting; "Your Speed" signs in school zones; and immobility levels and mobility preferences of the elderly in the United States.

English

155p

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309263177

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Aged; Attitudes; Compliance; Crash rates; Crashes; Driver training; Emergency vehicles; Highway curves; Highway safety; Icy roads; Mobility; Parents; Pricing; Recently qualified drivers; Rural areas; Safety management; School children; School trips; Speed signs; Speed zones; State of the practice; States; Teenage drivers; Traffic flow; Traffic regulations; Traffic safety; Unsignalized intersections; Urbanization; Warning systems

Highway Safety Improvement Program

Urban form

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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• Development of Web-Based Parent Support Program to Improve Quantity, Quality, and Diversity of Teens’ Home-Based Practice Driving
• Does Use of Formal Tools for Road Safety Management Improve Safety Performance?
• Effects of Drivers’ Actions on Severity of Emergency Vehicle Collisions
• Evaluation of Effectiveness of the Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program
• Exploring Traffic Safety and Urban Form in Portland, Oregon
• Immobility Levels and Mobility Preferences of the Elderly in the United States: Evidence from 2009 National Household Travel Survey
• Integrating Parental Attitudes in Research on Children’s Active School Commuting: Evidence from Community School Travel Survey
• Method for Estimating Highway Collision Rate That Considers State of Traffic Flow
• Pricing for Traffic Safety: How Efficient Transport Pricing Can Reduce Roadway Crash Risks
• Procedure for Ranking Unsignalized Rural Intersections for Safety Improvement
• Road Safety Analysis in the United States: States’ Current Practices and Their Future Direction
• Safety Effects of Icy-Curve Warning Systems
• Spatiotemporal Analysis of Macroscopic Patterns of Urbanization and Traffic Safety: Case Study in Sacramento County, California
• Technical Details for Integrating Safety and Planning at Level of Individual: Regional Case Study
• Use of "Your Speed" Changeable Message Signs in School Zones: Experience from North Carolina Safe Routes to School Program
• Young, Inexperienced, and on the Road: Do Novice Drivers Comply with Road Rules?