Road tolls, diverted traffic and local traffic calming measures: Who should be in charge?

Simulating the Effects of Type and Spacing of Traffic Calming Measures on Urban Road Capacity

One of the major reasons for accidents is speed. Top of Form Inappropriate speed has been identified as the most important causal factor for serious traffic accidents. Traffic calming measures (TCMs) are engineering measures that are widely implemented to improve road safety by considerably reducing vehicle speed. TCMs have been widely used in urban areas to reduce vehicle flow rat...

Cardiac surgical theatre traffic: time for traffic calming measures?

Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain a significant cause of postoperative complications. The risk of death from a medical error in a UK hospital remains one in 300. Increased theatre traffic has been identified as a modifiable determinant of SSI and surgical error. This cross-sectional study for the first time describes the pattern of theatre traffic in a UK cardiac centre. An electronic door...

The Effectiveness of Traffic Calming Measures in Reducing Road Carnage in Masvingo Urban

Traffic calming is a useful way of controlling speeds where it is unnecessarily excessive and inappropriate for the place and uses in the surroundings, (Taylor et al, 2000). There are high incidents of road carnage in Masvingo urban and its peripheral areas despite the constructed traffic calming measures.The rationality of traffic calming measures was based on the need to improve safety and en...

Of Traffic Calming Devices on Crosstown Road Safety

Traffic calming for the prevention of road traffic injuries: systematic review and meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether area-wide traffic calming schemes can reduce road crash related deaths and injuries. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Injuries Group Specialised Register, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Medline, EMBASE, Sociological Abstracts Science (and social science) citation index, National Technical Information service, Psyc...