Road transport

ROAD ACCIDENTS – SPEED THE ONLY REASON? Surface transport is a vital activity of all human civilization since time immemorial. Humankind has spread all over the globe by means of surface transport. Of the various means of surface transport, road transport is the most common and crucial in human life. Roads have spread wide and in fact, road intensity could be an index of socio-economic progression of human communities, states and countries. Along with spread of the roads, the vehicles also have grown

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"—a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions, improper lane changing, tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6,800,000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving

places. Among its common public transport vehicles includes jeepneys, buses, tricycles, pedicabs and also those small ‘potpots’ or bicycle with sidecars, single motorcycles also known as “habal-habal”, as well as taxis and rental cars. Most of these public transport vehicles have a predefined route in which they should follow in every trip. For the buses, they can operate within and between provinces. On the other hand, taxis have no defined routes because they can transport passengers to any part of the

In the talk “Nudge? Nudge? Think. Think. ” One of the main speakers was Gerald Dworkin. One of Dworkin’s main points was that he is open to defend paternalism. He begins his talk by saying that the way he’s going to talk about nudges aren’t the way we are thinking, but rather it’s about using the term in a specific way, with the result of accomplishing something specific. He continues on to explain that in Yiddish, nudges tend to do with someone that is complaining or is annoyed by something. Dworkin

Increase in Regulation for Winter Road Maintenance Everyone has dealt with an experience where they are driving down a “cleaned” road, and all of a sudden, they hit an ice patch. The winter road crews have been over the roads, but nevertheless, the road is not safe. The lane will be clean. Then, a block later, it will be covered in ice. In the city of Nampa, this situation tends to be encountered more than necessary. When someone travels from Canyon County to Ada County, there is a clear distinction

“The most sustainable places to live are those places that have multi-modal transport systems,” Puentes said. “You can’t be a global competitive city if you don’t have a robust transportation network.” Here are three of the key trends that experts predict will shape the transportation industry over the coming years. Connectivity

• During DPR circulation, Transit & Community Planning and System & Regional Planning Offices provided comments to Design including a roundabout as an alternative to address the bike/peds movement. • Traffic and Hwy Ops provided a recommendation that ICE policy cannot be applied to this project since this is an existing project prior to the Sept. 2013 ICE implementation date. However, unofficially, the traffic volume on SR 29 would require multiple-lane roundabout and introduce concerns for merging

Safety The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"—a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions, improper lane changing, tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6,800,000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive

3.4 Shared Space: Vulnerable Users The concept of a shared space is to enable all street users to share the street equally however, this is not the case. Shared spaces fail to differentiate between the different categories of disabled people, nor do they seem to address in enough detail the different ways impaired people interact with the designed environment (Imrie, 2012). One of the major concerns about shared spaces is “it’s potential to (re)produce disabling spaces” (Imrie, 2012, p. 2264). Imrie

Vehicular Growth • To coordinate the expanding travel request endeavors have not been made to build up the mass transport frameworks. • On the other hand, the Government of India has allowed the make of autos. • This has brought about colossal increment in the number of inhabitants in autos in the urban communities. The development patterns (MOST, GOI, 1998) of autos at National and City levels are as demonstrated. The car populace in India has expanded from a simple 0.3 million in 1951 to more