Designing Safer Surface Roads

Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman has come up with the adventurous design idea of ?EUR??,,????'?????< this context!

In 1975 traffic fatalities in the Netherlands were 20 percent higher than
the U.S.

The U.S. has reduced traffic fatalities significantly, from 44,000 in 1975 to 37,000 in 2008, a 15.9 decrease. The U.S. reduction is commendable, but the Dutch, have reduced traffic fatalities from 3,200 a year to 800, a 75
percent reduction!

How have the Dutch done it? Both the U.S. and Dutch success is in part the result of safer cars and roads, but the Dutch over the last three decades have implemented ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Design techniques to transition drivers from higher speed roads on the outskirts of a city to slower speeds as they reach the urban area include:

Some U.S. state DOTs are looking to incorporate these designs for their roadways. The Smart Transportation Guidebook (March 2008), developed through a partnership between PennDOT and the New Jersey Department of Transportation, integrates transportation planning and design that fosters development of sustainable and livable communities.

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