Carnage can be defined as “the killing of a large amount people”. It is a fact that over a thousand people were killed during the festive season this year. More recently‚ one hundred people died on our roads this past Easter weekend‚ showing that the danger is not alleviating. What are the causes of this carnage? Can it be stopped? There are many factors which contribute to the large death toll on our roads. Firstly‚ a road traffic accident can happen when the driver’s attention is continuously
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Chapter-1 • Introduction • Concept of Transport • Functions of Transport • Means of Transport • Transport in India ix 1.1 INTRODUCTION From the beginning of history‚ human sensitivity has revealed an urge for mobility leading to a measure of Society’s progress. The history of this mobility or transport is the history of civilization. For any country to develop with right momentum modern and efficient Transport as a basic infrastructure is a must. It has been seen throughout the history
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How Road Signs and Markings Save Lives Every time we hit the road‚ we see road signs and markings along the way but not all of us know what they mean. Some think that the white markings and lines on the road are simply for decoration while others ignore traffic signs. This lack of knowledge about traffic signs and road markings and/or disregarding them are the most common causes of the increase in road traffic crashes that kill and injure road users‚ according to the World Health Organization. For
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1. In 2010‚ a traffic jam on a highway near Beijing kept cars stuck in traffic for more than a week (9-12 days according to different sources). The traffic jam itself went on for 97 kilometers. The locals sold food and water to the drivers for prices that were 10 and more times higher than normal. Cities like New York‚ London‚ and Paris have all had to deal with thousands of cars running through their streets each day. Traffic congestion is a big problem for everyone within the city. The main reasons
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Traffic Jam Research Report Bangladesh In: Business and Management Traffic Jam Research Report Bangladesh Reasons behind traffic jam in Dhaka city (a) City lay-out (master plan) and over-population: The causes of traffic congestion in Dhaka city are multifarious. Starting from the city itself‚ it is observed that the skeleton‚ structure and lay-out of Dhaka City are not well-planned and well-directed. Dhaka is also a highly populated city. More than one crore people live here and the figure
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Road accident is ¡®a global tragedy¡¯ with ever-rising trend. Abdul Kareem (2003‚ p.31) has stated in his book that ¡®1.17 million deaths occur each year worldwide due to road accidents 70% of which occur in developing countries. 65% of deaths involve pedestrians‚ 35% of which are children¡¯. In Malaysia‚ road accidents represent a major public health problem‚ because of the high number of victims involved and because of the seriousness of the consequences for themselves and for their families. Based
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Urban transport policy in Singapore is becoming more difficult to handle. In the early 1970s Singapore faced traffic chaos‚ a failing bus system‚ little money for infrastructure and acute awareness of space limitations. The answer was a hard-headed “bargain” that offered steady improvements in space-efficient public transport at the price of making ownership of space-wasting cars unattainable for most. This has been widely seen as a success However‚ both sides of this bargain are under growing
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Sustainable Urban Public Transport Planning in Indonesia‚ Case Studies in Yogyakarta and Jakarta Background Traffic congestion has existed since many years ago and continually remains a major problem in most cities all over the world‚ especially in the urban areas of developing regions. Congestion occurs when the number of vehicles using on the road is larger than the capacity of the available road space‚ hindering the efficient traffic situation (Dr Peter Frost‚ 17 April 2013). Traffic represents the
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Benefits of Congestion Charge in Tokyo Since the 1940s‚ motorization has increased rapidly around the world‚ particularly private vehicles. The trend has created both economic and individual benefits. The development resulted in the prosperity of the metropolis‚ while regional areas declined steeply in scale. In Japan‚ the least number of vehicles per household by prefecture was Tokyo with 0.497(Automobile Inspection Association‚ 2009). Nevertheless‚ there are chronic enormous traffic jams in Tokyo
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Intelligent Traffic System (ITS) for Road Network Management in Islamabad Mohammad Imran (Sp-2011/PhD EM/001) Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering‚ Islamabad Author Note Mohammad Imran‚ Department of Engineering Management‚ Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering‚ Islamabad Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Mohammad Imran‚ Department of Engineering Management‚ Centre for Advanced Studies in Engineering‚ Islamabad. E-mail: imran_ced36@yahoo.com Abstract
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