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dc.contributor.authorPérez Acebo, Heriberto
dc.contributor.authorZiolkowski, Robert
dc.contributor.authorGonzalo-Orden, Hernán
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-10T11:12:18Z
dc.date.available2021-12-10T11:12:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-05
dc.identifier.citationEnergies 14(23) : (2021) // Article ID 8146es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/54412
dc.description.abstractTraffic calming measures (TCMs) are implemented in urban areas to reduce vehicles’ speed and, generally speaking, results are obtained. However, speed is still a problem in rural roads crossing small villages without a bypass and with short-length urban areas, since drivers do not normally reduce their speed for that short segment. Hence, various TCM can be installed. It is necessary to maintain a calm area in these short segments to improve road safety, especially for pedestrian aiming to cross the road, and to save combustible by avoiding a constant increase-decrease of speed. Four villages were selected to evaluate the efficiency of radar speed cameras and panels indicating vehicle’s speed. Results showed that the presence of radar speed cameras reduces the speed in the direction they can fine, but with a lower effect in the non-fining direction. Additionally, a positive effect was observed in the fining direction in other points, such as pedestrian crossings. Nevertheless, the effect does not last long and speed cameras may be considered as punctual measures. If the TCMs are placed far from the start of the village they are not respected. Hence, it is recommended to place them near the real start of the build-up area. Lastly, it was verified that longer urban areas make overall speed decrease. However, when drivers feel that they are arriving to the end of the urban area, due to the inexistence of buildings, they start speeding up.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by GIRDER Ingenieros, S.L.P., grant number 2019.0478, by “Erasmus + programme—Call 2016—KA1—Mobility of Staff in higher education—Staff mobility for teaching and training activities”, and by Project No WZ/WB-IIL/1/2020 and it was financially supported by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherMDPIes_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subjecttraffic calming measurees_ES
dc.subjectradar speed cameraes_ES
dc.subjecturban areaes_ES
dc.subjectroad safetyes_ES
dc.subjectrural roadses_ES
dc.subjectpedestrianes_ES
dc.subjectcrosswalkes_ES
dc.titleEvaluation of the Radar Speed Cameras and Panels Indicating the Vehicles’ Speed as Traffic Calming Measures (TCM) in Short Length Urban Areas Located along Rural Roadses_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.date.updated2021-12-09T14:32:07Z
dc.rights.holder2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/23/8146/htmes_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/en14238146
dc.departamentoesIngeniería mecánica
dc.departamentoeuIngeniaritza mekanikoa


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2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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