Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD"Speed Management"ISBN:9282103773 | 2006-10-20 | 282 Pages | PDF | 2.7 Mb
Over the past five decades, society and individuals have benefited greatly from rapidly improving road systems. During the same period, industry has manufactured and sold motor vehicles able to travel at increasingly high speeds. Higher speed vehicle transport has contributed to the economic development of OECD/ECMT countries, and has contributed to improvements in the general qualityof life. On the other hand, these higher vehicle speeds have had major adverse impacts, principally in terms of road accidents - and consequent death, injury, and material damage but also in environmental terms including noise and exhaust emissions and in terms of the liveability of residential and urbanareas.
Recently, there has been increasing demand, particularly in urban areas, for strategies that reduce
such adverse impacts. A growing portion of the population has sought to improve road safety, reduce adverse environmental impacts and improve the general quality of life. In urban areas in particular, residents are increasingly in favour of lowering vehicle speeds in order to protect the environment, provide a better level of amenity for the general resident population, better protect those living near roads, and in particular ensure the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, children and people with reduced mobility.
Speed management policies which can deliver these outcomes have become a high priority in
many countries.
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