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CITY SPEAK XICITY SPEAK XI- Is transport the solution or the - Is transport the solution or the enemy?enemy?
Julian TH KWONGJulian TH KWONGRoad safety engineering consultantRoad safety engineering consultant
24th April 201024th April 2010
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The pedestrian safety problem
Courtesy: Transport Department 2009
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Pedestrians prefer level crossings …..
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A Vision …..
Extensive traffic calming applications
Self-explaining road design
Education emphasizing shared road-usage
Integration with quality of living, streetscapeand landscape
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Courtesy: CERTU, France
Streets for all pedestrians
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Speed is an unavoidable subject
Courtesy: Interdisciplinary Working Group on Accident Mechanics 1986 and Watz Hoefliger and Fehman 1983; quoted by Johansson. (2008)
>=50km/h
=<30km/h
Traffic Speed (km/h)
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Courtesy: CERTU, France
Urban traffic calming – 30km/h zones
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Rural traffic calming
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Quality of livingStreetscape, Landscape
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Design Standard
current Hong Kong standard largely based on British approaches of the 80s
assumptions and reality
need for research and development
need for visionary approaches
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Decade of Action for Road Safety2011-2020
UN General Assembly resolution (A/64/L.44/Rev.1)10 March 2010