Safety and numbers

15 Jan 2010:

Saul Wordsworth talks with Tony Bliss, the man behind the World Bank’s Global Road Safety Facility, about his ambitions for road safety in developing countries

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The road to Vision Zero

18 Dec 2009:

John Dawson from the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) looks back at some of the key developments that are steering us on a course to a safer roads infrastructure. Despite the obvious success, as he notes, some big challenges remain

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ORT reduces accidents at toll plazas

7 Dec 2009:

Michael J. Davis, PBS&J's National Tolls senior group manager highlights case studies that illustrate the relationship between ORT and improved road safety

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Traffic Data from GPS – Unlocking the Mass Market

13 Nov 2009:

Nokia’s US$8 billion acquisition of NAVTEQ in 2008 heralded Nokia’s belief in a future of cell phone-based navigation devices – a future reinforced by Google’s recent release of its free live satellite navigation device for cell phones. This future should deliver large quantities of high-quality and low-cost traffic data. Twelve months on, the business model that will realize this potential has still to materialize, writes Liz Orme from Cambridge Associates

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Safe to go?

30 Oct 2009:

New radar and camera-based driver assistance system prevents serious accidents resulting from dangerous overtaking maneuvers

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