Human errors play a vital role in road crashes. This paper deals with the prevention of human errors by proper road planning, road design and improving existing roads within the framework of the Dutch 'Sustainable Safety' vision. This vision focuses on three design principles for road networks and for roads and streets: functionality, homogeneity, and predictability. A minimum safety level should be defined and agreed upon by all road authorities, national, regional, and local.
Fietsstroken kom je in alle mogelijke varianten tegen. Er zijn ‘echte’ fietsstroken, voorzien van een fietssymbool, en fietssugges- tiestroken zonder fietssymbool. Maar ook uitwijkstroken zien er soms uit als een fietssuggestiestrook. Voor de weggebruiker is het vaak één pot nat. En wegbeheerders passen ze heel verschillend toe. Een discussienota van CROW-Fietsberaad geeft de aanzet tot meer uniformiteit in de toepassing en meer ruimte voor de fietser.
This thesis focuses on the question of how the road environment (road design and network characteristics) affects road safety for cyclists through effects on risk and exposure to risk. In this thesis, the term ‘road design’ is used to denote the location level (e.g. intersection design) while the term ‘network characteristics’ is used in relation to the network level (e.g. the presence of a road hierarchy and road classification). Road design plays a role in cyclists’ crash and injury risk. Network characteristics affect mode and route choice (Heinen et al.
This week's Good Facility is a residential street in the city centre of Delft, on which all motor traffic is banned (indicated by the sign to the left of the photograph).