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Laura Čygaitė, Ineta Lingytė, Mantvydas Strumskys
Analysis of Vertical Traffic Calming Measures in Impacts on Road
Safety and Environment in Lithuania State Roads
| Conference Information: |
9th International Conference on Environmental
Engineering, MAY 22-24, 2014 Vilnius, LITHUANIA |
| Source: |
ICEE-2014 - International Conference on Environmental
Engineering |
| Book Series: |
International Conference on Environmental Engineering
(ICEE) Selected papers |
| ISSN: |
ISSN 2029-7092 online |
| ISBN: |
978-609-457-640-9 / 978-609-457-690-4 CD |
| Year: |
2014 |
| Publisher: |
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press Technika |
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Abstract
Several years after implementation of vertical traffic calming measures on roads, crossing cities and settlements, for the first time in
Lithuania the research was carried out to determine their effect on the change in the number of accidents, their severity and noise within
the operation zone of speed humps, raised pedestrian crossings and speed bumps. The paper present research methodology and analysis of
results of vertical traffic calming influence to the road safety and environment in Lithuania roads. It presents that engineering measures
have a positive impact on the improvement of the road index to safety. The study of vertical traffic calming measures impact to
environment showed that it does not increase equivalent noise level of vehicle in its installation places.
Keywords: Equivalent noise level; injury traffic accident; vertical traffic calming measures.
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