Vision Zero – Implementing a policy for traffic safety Export

@article{citeulike:5658475, abstract = {The scope of this paper is to outline, in a general way, the safety philosophy inherent in present road- and street design, trace the origin of this philosophy, and to present the principles for a new design of streets and roads. It will be argued that deficiencies in the present road design philosophy are the main cause of the global road safety crisis, clearly indicating its man-made nature. A brief description is made of the decision process leading to the establishment of Vision Zero as Sweden's Traffic Safety Policy in 1997. Following an analysis of the problem, suggestions are made for finding solutions. The solutions are based on some of the principles in Vision Zero. They include a new basic mechanism for creating error-tolerance in the road system, and new design principles for road- and street design. The tradition of ” blaming the victim” is hereby questioned and focus is put on the need for professionals to act based on these new standards. During the last 10 years the fatalities in Sweden have dropped from approximately 550/year to 450/year. Roads redesigned with median barriers have an 80\% reduction in fatalities. Streets with 30 km/h design speed show similar results. This indicates that measures derived from Vision Zero strategy are effective but that large scale implementation has not yet been done.}, author = {Johansson, Roger}, citeulike-article-id = {5658475}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.023}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0925753508001859}, comment = {One sees in the astract a critique of hte tendency to "Blame te victim". That is especially apparrent when it comes to pedestrians and cyclists. Would e interestig to see to what extent the access to mobility for pedestrians and cyclists, and the handicapped (politically correct term?), are taken into the considerations of the author. And what about the public health effects of taditional traffic safety thinking in restricting movememt for healthy transport while often improving access and comfort for motorists ?}, doi = {10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.023}, issn = {09257535}, journal = {Safety Science}, keywords = {accident, automobiles, bicycling, crashes, ethics, policy, road\_safety, traffic, vision\_zero}, month = {July}, number = {6}, pages = {826--831}, posted-at = {2009-08-27 18:48:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Vision Zero – Implementing a policy for traffic safety}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.023}, volume = {47}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5658475 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5658475 N2 - The scope of this paper is to outline, in a general way, the safety philosophy inherent in present road- and street design, trace the origin of this philosophy, and to present the principles for a new design of streets and roads. It will be argued that deficiencies in the present road design philosophy are the main cause of the global road safety crisis, clearly indicating its man-made nature. A brief description is made of the decision process leading to the establishment of Vision Zero as Sweden’s Traffic Safety Policy in 1997. Following an analysis of the problem, suggestions are made for finding solutions. The solutions are based on some of the principles in Vision Zero. They include a new basic mechanism for creating error-tolerance in the road system, and new design principles for road- and street design. The tradition of “blaming the victim” is hereby questioned and focus is put on the need for professionals to act based on these new standards. During the last 10 years the fatalities in Sweden have dropped from approximately 550/year to 450/year. Roads redesigned with median barriers have an 80% reduction in fatalities. Streets with 30 km/h design speed show similar results. This indicates that measures derived from Vision Zero strategy are effective but that large scale implementation has not yet been done. IS - 6 JF - Safety Science SN - 09257535 EP - 831 TI - Vision Zero – Implementing a policy for traffic safety VL - 47 SP - 826 KW - accident KW - automobiles KW - bicycling KW - crashes KW - ethics KW - policy KW - road_safety KW - traffic KW - vision_zero N1 - One sees in the astract a critique of hte tendency to "Blame te victim". That is especially apparrent when it comes to pedestrians and cyclists. Would e interestig to see to what extent the access to mobility for pedestrians and cyclists, and the handicapped (politically correct term?), are taken into the considerations of the author. And what about the public health effects of taditional traffic safety thinking in restricting movememt for healthy transport while often improving access and comfort for motorists ? AU - Johansson, Roger PY - 2009/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.023 ER -