Transport

Cities safer by design: guidance and examples to promote traffic safety through urban and street design

Cities Safer by Design is a global reference guide to help cities save lives from traffic fatalities through improved street design and smart urban development. Over 1.2 million people die in traffic crashes globally, mostly pedestrians, and that number is growing every year.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2015
Ben Welle, Wei Li, Claudia Adriazola, & et al
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Urban Transport, Traffic Accidents, Urban Development, Pedestrians, Cycles, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), India, Global, Walking, Mobility Planning
Transport

CRRI had asked for scrapping of corridor

Its 2012 Study Concluded BRT Led To Increase In Travel Time & Frequency Of Accidents

Publication Date: 
22/07/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Traffic Accidents, Vehicular Safety, Transport
Transport

UP govt order to ban anti-road safety movies, adverts

The Akhilesh government has landed itself in another controversy by issuing a directive to all district magistrates and chairpersons of the district road safety committees to impose a strict ban on

Publication Date: 
16/07/2015
Amita Verma
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Audiovisuals, Advertising, Road Transport, Traffic Accidents
Transport

Draft plan calls road accidents manmade disaster in Delhi

Between 2011 and 2013, road accidents injured 20,706 people and killed 5,796 more in Delhi, according to government data.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2015
Mayura Janwalkar
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Traffic Accidents, Road
Transport

Judgement of the Madras High Court regarding lives lost due to non-wearing of helmet, Tamil Nadu, 08/06/2015

Judgement of the Madras High Court in the matter of R. Mallika & Others Vs A.Babu dated 08/06/2015 regarding lives lost due to non-wearing of protective headgear, namely, helmet, as mandated under Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles, Act, 1988.

Judgement Date: 
08/06/2015
Tags:
Traffic Accidents, Two Wheelers, Motor Vehicle Act 1988, Tamil Nadu, High Court, Advertising, Information
Transport

Killer city: 627 die in fatal road mishaps till May

Almost 630 people have been killed so far in fatal accidents in the national capital this year.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2015
Mohit Sharma
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Traffic Accidents, Vehicular Safety, Two Wheelers, Women, Transport
Climate Change

High ambient temperatures and risk of motor vehicle crashes in Catalonia, Spain (2000–2011): A time-series analysis

Experimental studies have shown a decrease in driving performance at high temperatures. The epidemiological evidence on the relationship between heat and motor vehicle crashes is not consistent. The objective of the study was to estimate the impact of high ambient temperatures on the daily number of motor vehicle crashes and, in particular, on crashes involving driver performance factors (namely distractions, driver error, fatigue or sleepiness).

Publication Date: 
05/06/2015
Xavier Basagaña, Juan Pablo Escalera-Antezana, Payam Dadvand & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
1-29
Tags:
Heat Waves, Traffic Accidents, Spain, Global Warming, Climate Change
Transport

Global body warns against killer roads

On June 3, last year, Delhi woke up to the news of Gopinath Munde, Union Rural Development Minister, who was declared dead at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Publication Date: 
04/06/2015
Bindu Shajan Perappadan
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Roads, Vehicular Safety, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Delhi, Traffic Accidents, Transport
Transport

The Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015

A Bill to provide for a scientifically planned framework for the safety of all road users; enabling the seamless development of a secure, efficient, cost-effective and inclusive transport system; the integration of road transport with other modes of transportation; and for the Constitution of National Highway Traffic Regulation and Protection Se

Publication Date: 
01/06/2015
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Tags:
Road Transport, Vehicles, Hybrid Electric, India, Motorised Vehicles, Non Motorised Vehicles, Traffic Accidents, Public Transport
Transport

June 30 deadline to enforce road safety orders

The Road Safety Committee formed by the Supreme Court to check lax enforcement of road laws has set the States a June 30 deadline to enforce 13 of its directives.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2015
Krishnadas Rajagopal
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Supreme Court, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Road Transport, Traffic Accidents

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