Citation

Yuann A, Chen Y. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2010; 15: 242-262.

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(Copyright © 2010, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

According to the official statistics for Beijing during 2004-2005, over 50 percent of the crashes in the city occurred at the intersections, over 30 percent of crashes in the suburbs occurred at intersections and 43 percent of the crashes were related to VRU. During 2006-2008, Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) carried out a 3-year project in Beijing to improve VRU safety at intersections. The key partners of the project include Beijing Transportation Research Center of Beijing Municipal Committee of Communications, Beijing University of Technology and Beijing Traffic Management Bureau (BTMB - traffic police). The project was divided into 2 phases: phase I - the situational study; phase II - to implement the chosen countermeasures (constructions) and to conduct the before/after data analysis for effectiveness evaluation. Up to now, the project is nearly completed. Based on the before and after data analysis, it is found out that The traffic conflicts have been reduced at all selected intersections after taken the countermeasures. All road users especially the VRUs feel safer when crossing the intersections;o To improve the road safety is not necessary expensive.As a product of the project, a good practice manual is being developed by the local project team and it will be launched in 2009. The fund for the situational survey and the outcome evaluation (before/after data analysis) was provided by Global Road Safety Initiatives (GRSI), one of the programs implemented by GRSP. The construction for improvement at the six selected junctions was paid by the Beijing Municipal Government.