DEFINING RULES OR INTEGRATING BEHAVIOUR RESPONSES WHEN DESIGNING A ROAD SYSTEM
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Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
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Résumé / Abstract
PLANNERS CAN ADOPT ONE OF TWO ATTITUDES WHEN DEALING WITH ROAD ACCIDENTS: - IMPUTING RESPONSIBILITY TO THE HUMAN ELEMENT AND NON-OBSERVANCE OF THE RULES, -SEEKING TO INTEGRATE BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES WHEN DESIGNING INFRASTRUCTURES, PARTICULARY WHEN USING A SYSTEM APPROACH. THIS TYPE OF APPROACH REQUIRES PLANNERS TO CONSIDER TWO TYPES OF REGULATION : MICRO-REGULATION OF THE ROAD USERS AND MACRO-REGULATION OF THE ROAD NETWORK 'MANAGERS', THE LATTER BEING DEFINED AT DIFFERENT CONNECTED HIERARCHICAL LEVELS OF ACTIVITY (TOWN PLANNING, ROAD NETWORK DESIGN, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, ROAD DESIGN, SPECIFIC SAFETY INTERVENTION), WHICH MUST BE ORGANIZED IN A COHERENT MANNER. THIS COHERENCE OF ACTION FACILITIES SOCIO-TECHNICAL ROAD SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND LEADS TO BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS APPROPRIATE AND THEREFORE SAFE.
