Safefy of main roads in built-up areas.

Author(s)
Huber, C.A.
Year
Abstract

This paper considers recent measures undertaken in Switzerland to improve safety on main roads passing through villages and towns. The main traffic engineering principles governing these measures are briefly outlined. Approaches to the improvement of planning main roads in town centres are then discussed. Four principles are employed to a) provide a gateway, b) divide the road into lengths according to the local conditions, c) provide indentations to break up the regularity of the road space and d) preservation of building groups and their surroundings. Three examples of the use of these principles in Swiss towns are described together with the results of speed surveys.

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Publication

Library number
C 9095 (In: C 9093 S) /72 / IRRD 880189
Source

In: Proceedings of Fourth European Workshop on recent developments in Road Safety Research, held at Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen BASt, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, October 22-23, 1991, p. 8-13

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