Nicolae Duduta, Associate Transport Planner with EMBARQ, shares information on how biking, walking, and mass transport can reduce traffic accidents and save lives. For more information, view the EMBARQ issue brief on the topic, <a>"Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport"</a>.
Nicolae Duduta: Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport
1. Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport!
! Nicolae Duduta, Associate Transport Planner, EMBARQ,
World Resources Institute!
! December 5, 2013 — Washington, DC!
Calz. Independencia, Guadalajara, Mexico - 2009
2. Main questions!
What are the safety impacts of reducing
car traffic and promoting transit, walking,
and cycling?!
How do we better integrate safety into
transportation planning?!
3. Agenda!
! Different approaches to traffic safety!
! Motivation for the report!
• Example: Rio de Janeiro — The place of safety in transport
planning!
! Report findings!
• Evidence of the safety impact of sustainable transport!
! Outcomes!
• Example: Mexico City — integrating safety into transport
planning!
4. Approaches to traffic safety!
! Pre-crash | Crash | Post-crash!
! The three E’s: !
• Engineering!
• Enforcement!
• Education!
! EMBARQ: Safety should be an
integral part of all stages of urban
transportation planning!
5. Approaches to traffic safety!
! Traffic Safety and Sustainable Transport!
! Road Safety Community à WHO, UNRSC!
• Decade of Action on Road Safety!
• Global Status Report on Road Safety!
! Transport planning!
• Planning and engineering professionals!
• Local decision makers!
6. The place of safety in transport planning
! 300 ft (100m) wide! ! !
! 50mph (80km) speed limit!
! 1,800ft (600m) blocks ! !
!
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by EMBARQ.
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7. Sidewalk provision is at the
discretion of property
owners along the street.
Streets often lack sidewalks.
8. From the time of pressing the button,
until finishing the crossing:
8 min, 14 s
10. Report Overview!
Safety impact:!
! Reductions in traffic (congestion charging)!
! Improvements to cycling and pedestrian
infrastructure!
! Investment in high quality mass transport!
11. Vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT)!
! There is a strong correlation between VKT and safety!
! Policies that reduce VKT have been shown to also have a
positive safety impact!
12. Traffic volumes and traffic safety!
U.S. states
Traffic fatalities per 100,000 people
(urban roads)
35
30
25
R² = 0.69
20
15
10
5
10
20
30
Daily VMT per person
(urban roads)
40
50
Source:
FHWA
Highway
Sta4s4cs,
2008
13. VKT and fatality trends over time!
450
400
350
300
250
Fatalities indicator
200
150
100
VKT indicator
50
0
VKT indicator
Fatalities indicator
Relationship between VKT and traffic fatalities in Denmark, 1950-2010.
14. Congestion Charging!
! London introduced a charge
for driving a car inside a
specific area within the
downtown!
! 15% reduction in injury
accidents compared to
citywide trends in London
!
Source: Transport for London (TfL)!
15. Cycling and safety!
! In several cities around the
world, increases in cycling were
associated with reductions in
the cycling injury rate!
! Examples from Copenhagen,
New York, Minneapolis!
17. Mass transport and traffic safety!
! In the developed world, mass transport is the safest urban
transport mode!
! In the developing world, well designed, high-quality mass
transport systems have had significant safety benefits!
19. Mass transport!
Reduction in the number of
lanes
Shorter
Central
pedestrian
median
crossings
!
Calz. Independencia, Guadalajara, Mexico - 2009!
Existing buses and minibuses
replaced with a single
operating agency
20. Conclusions!
Evidence of safety impact from: !
! Reductions in car traffic (e.g. congestion charging)!
! Improvements in cycling infrastructure and increases in
cycling volumes!
! High quality mass transport systems (including evidence
from the developing world)!
! Reductions in exposure, improvements in infrastructure!
22. Counterflow – Mexico City!
! Road safety audits: three between 2010-2013
recommended removal of counterflow!
! Safety impact of counterflow: +75% all crashes, +125%
injury crashes!
! Design recommendations, workshops with city and transit
agency!
23. Counterflow – Mexico City!
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Eje 3 Oriente, Mexico City, July 2011 - October 2013!
24. Thank you!
! Nicolae Duduta, Associate Transport Planner, EMBARQ,
World Resources Institute!
! nduduta@wri.org!
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