Traffic calming along rural highways crossing small urban communities: Driving simulator experiment

Galante, Francesco; Mauriello, Filomena; Montella, Alfonso; Pernetti, Mariano; Aria, Massimo; D’Ambrosio, Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2010.03.017

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“…investigated by Hallmark et al (2007) are closer to our results. The fact that the speed reduction effect of the gate is restricted to the direct vicinity of the entrance of the urban area is in line with previous field and simulator experiments in which speed reductions did not reach beyond 97 m (Ariën et al, 2013), 250 m (Charlton et al, 2002) or 400 m (Galante et al, 2010, only in the base scenario with low speeds) after the gate. Because the speed reduction effect established in this experiment was independent of the day, we can conclude that the speed reduction will preserve over a time period of at least five days.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

“…The established speed reductions are in line with the 3 kph speed reduction obtained by Ariën et al (2013). The different speed limits used in the studies by Galante et al (2010) and Taylor and Wheeler (2000) (i.e., from 90 kph to 50 kph instead of from 70 kph to 50 kph) might by an explanation for the fact that the size of the speed reductions in their gateway studies (i.e., reductions between 5 kph and 24 kph) is larger than in our study. The speed reductions generated by the TCMs (e.g.…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Various driving simulator studies (e.g., Ariën et al, 2013;Dixon et al, 2008;Galante et al, 2010;Molino et al, 2010) reported speed reductions from 3 kph to 17 kph for TCMs in the transition zone. It is noteworthy that the results of Dixon et al (2008), Galante et al (2010) and Ariën et al (2013) all indicate that these speed reductions are limited in terms of distance. Generally, speed reductions stretch out from 97 m before to 400 m after the TCMs studied, thus covering not much more than the nearby vicinity.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Experimental research shows that the transition from rural to urban areas is a serious problem in terms of traffic safety (Charlton et al, 2002;Galante et al, 2010;Taylor and Wheeler, 2000). It is hypothesized that accidents are largely caused by inappropriate speed and mental underload (Charlton, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Does the effect of traffic calming measures endure over time? – A simulator study on the influence of gates

Ariën

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Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Accident statistics show that transitions from rural to urban areas are accident prone locations. Inappropriate speed and mental underload have been identified as important causal factors on such transitions. A variety of traffic calming measures (TCM) near rural-urban transitions has been tested in field experiments and driving simulator studies. Simulator experiments where drivers are exposed a single TCM in one session are well reported in the literature. However, the extents to which drivers' behavior will be consistent over time when exposed to the same treatment over time are relatively scare and unclear. This study examined drivers behavior when exposed to the same treatment (a gate construction located at a rural-urban transition). Over a period of five successive days, seventeen participants completed a 17 km test-drive on a driving simulator with two thoroughfare configurations (gates present or absent) in a within-subject design. Results indicate that gates induced a local speed reduction that sustained over this five-day period. The effect on standard deviation of acceleration/deceleration and lateral position was rather limited. Overall we conclude that gate constructions have the potential to improve traffic safety in the direct vicinity of rural-urban transitions, even if drivers are repeatedly exposed. Notwithstanding, we advise policy makers to appropriately use this measure. Best is to always carefully consider the broader situational context (such as whether the road serves a traffic-rather than a residential function) of each particular location where the implementation of a gate construction is one of the options.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Does the effect of traffic calming measures endure over time? – A simulator study on the influence of gates

Ariën

Brijs

et al. 2014

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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“…Galante et al [22] and Ariën et al [20] investigated the driving speed on rural highways crossing small urban centres in situations with and without gateways and traffic calming measures. Operating speeds in the transition zones without a gateway were measured in the field.…”

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confidence: 99%