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Table 3 Environmental effects of safety measures
From: Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation
Environmental effects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | ||
Documented | Likely | Likely | Documented |
Winter maintenance of roads | Road lighting | Bypasses | Urban arterial roads |
Studded tires | Grade-separated junctions | Grade-separated junctions | Roundabouts |
Daytime running lights for cars | Â | Resurfacing of roads | Resurfacing of roads |
| Â | Â | Pedestrian streets | Area-wide traffic calming |
| Â | Â | Environmental streets | Speed limits |
| Â | Â | Â | Regulating automobile engine capacity (motor power) and top speed |
| Â | Â | Â | Periodic motor vehicle inspections |
| Â | Â | Â | Land use |
| Â | Â | Â | Changes in the modal split of travel |