Sakta ner : åtgärder för förbättrad miljö och trafiksäkerhet på gator i bostadsområden i Varberg, idékatalog och tillämpning
Road safety is the result of measures to reduce the risk of accident and injury. (Nationalencyklopedin, 2008). In principle, road safety means to arrive save and sound. Safe traffic in cities is mainly achieved through appropriate speed. In Sweden, more than half of all rides happen with a speed ab...
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SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development
2008
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| Sumario: | Road safety is the result of measures to reduce the
risk of accident and injury. (Nationalencyklopedin,
2008). In principle, road safety means to arrive save
and sound.
Safe traffic in cities is mainly achieved through
appropriate speed. In Sweden, more than half of
all rides happen with a speed above the legal speed
limit (Holmberg, Hydén m.fl, 1996). To reduce
speed in order to increase safety requires measures
which influence a driver’s motives for his or
her choice of speed even if these are not rational
(Boverket, 2002). The implementation of satisfying
and successful measures is only possible with
respect to the needs of the different target groups
(Holmberg, Hydén m.fl, 1996). Streetspaces are
used by children, older pedestrians, drivers, bikers,
busses and many more and therefore have to be
adjusted to their requirements.
Speed reducing measures can be divided into four
groups: vertical, horizontal, optical and regulating
(Svenska Kommunförbundet, 2004). Oftentimes,
a combination of different measures is necessary
to achieve an effective speedcontrol along a street.
One single measure is rarely efficient and, in the
worst case, can even lead to speed increase (Svenska
Kommunförbundet, 2004).
A calm traffic climate does not only contribute to a
higher safety in our streetspaces but also to an urban
development with a human direction combined with
design, land utilization etc. to plan an attractive city
(Svenska Kommunförbundet, 2004). Good results
from speed decreases can also be observed in areas
such as environment, the well-being of people and
the functioning of the street. If road safety is increased,
people’s quality of life improves simultaneously.
The streets Kastanjevägen and Köpstadsvägen in
Varberg are located in two villa areas. They have
many similarities. Both streets are long, wide and
their lanes dominate the whole room. The streets are
characterized by good trafficability which induces
to fast driving. To accomplish a speed limit of 30
km per hour, suggestions of appropriate modifications
are being made – narrow, loopy lanes with
limited sight to the oncoming traffic. This can be
achieved with the help of chokers, traffic islands
and heightened medians or enlarged sidewalks. Areas
that are used by drivers, bikers and pedestrians
together speed humps and other raised intersections
are used. A big focus is also put on aesthetic design
with the help of vegetation and covering.
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