SAFEST TO TRAVEL BY BICYCLE,CAR, OR BIG TRUCK?

This study compares highway crash incidence, injuries, and costs by vehicle type. Annual crash and injury incidence were estimated using Crashworthiness Data System (1988-1991), National Automotive Sampling System (1982-1986), General Estimates System (1992-1993), and Fatal Analysis Reporting System (1993) data. Costs were computed based on restraint use, body region, and threat-to-life severity of the injury. Costs were then allocated between vehicle types using three different methods in order to answer comparative safety questions. Motor vehicle and bicycle crash costs total $389 billion annually; 75% resulting from passenger vehicles. Motorcycles and bicycles have the highest costs per 1000 vehicle and passenger miles; costs per victim are highest for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists. Costs per vehicle mile for heavy trucks and passenger cars are comparable but exceed costs for light trucks. Passenger vehicle occupants are safest if a crash occurs. Light truck, other single truck, and bus occupants have the lowest cost per passenger mile, but higher costs than air and rail travelers. Motorcyclists face the greatest risks. Combination trucks may not impose an excess risk to other drivers, but their drivers face large risks.     

Efficacies of roadway safety improvements across functional subclasses of rural two-lane highways

Introduction

Highway crash occurrence is a leading cause of unnatural deaths, and highway agencies continually seek to identify engineering measures to reduce crashes and to assess the efficacy of such measures. Most past studies on the effectiveness of roadway improvements in terms of crash reduction considered all rural two-lane sections as a single category of roads. However, it may be hypothesized that the differences in the mobility and accessibility characteristics that are reflected in (and due to) the different design standards between different functional subclasses in the rural two-lane highway system can lead to differences in efficacies of safety improvements at these subclasses. This paper investigates the efficacy of roadway improvements, in terms of crash reduction, at the various subclasses of rural two-lane highways.

Methods

An empirical analysis of safety performance at each of the three subclasses of rural two-lane highways was carried out using the negative binomial modeling technique. For each subclass, crash prediction models were developed separately for the three levels of crash severity: property-damage only, injury, and fatal/injury. The crash factors that were considered include lane width, shoulder width, pavement surface friction, pavement condition, and horizontal and vertical alignments. After having developed the safety performance functions, the effectiveness (in terms of the extent of crash reduction, for different levels of crash severity) of highway safety enhancements at each highway subclass were determined using the theoretical concepts established in past literature. These enhancements include widening lanes, widening shoulders, enhancing pavement surface friction, and improving the vertical or horizontal alignment.

Results and Conclusion

The study found that there is empirical evidence to justify the decomposition of the family of rural two-lane roads into its constituent subclasses for purposes of analyzing the effectiveness of safety enhancement projects and thus to avoid underestimation or overestimation of benefits of safety improvements at this class of highways.     

高速铁路黄土路堑边坡变形的动力数值分析

以郑西高速铁路客运专线路堑段铁路黄土边坡工程实例为背景,经过适当简化处理,利用数值模拟软件FLAC建立了轨道-路基-黄土边坡系统动力分析计算模型,并对不同列车运行速度下黄土边坡的扰动程度及边坡稳定性进行了分析。结果表明,黄土边坡的扰动程度随列车运行速度的增大而增大,稳定性随列车速度的增大而减小。     

青草沙水源地水库藻类监测预警指标体系研究

文章概述典型藻类生长与环境影响因素的关系,分析了草沙水源地特殊的地域水质特征,筛选并优化水库藻类监测因子,包括理化因子、生物因子和气象因子,形成三大综合临测指标:藻类生长环境指标、藻类增殖状况指标和饮用水安全指标,结合监测技术及监测方案设计等要素,初步构建青草沙水源地水库藻类监测预警指标体系框架.     

厚板件拉深垂直切边模具的设计

采用垂直切边模具，能够保证零件的高度尺寸，不易使零件变形，且适用于不同厚度的零件，故垂直切边模具有较大的通用性。     

断裂带公路边坡变形分析与边坡治理

断裂带工程边坡地质条件复杂,稳定性差,治理工程失效事例已日益引起人们关注,本文以滇中某高速公路在断裂带中的边坡为实例,分析了断裂带边坡变形的原因、治理措施和治理对策。     

拉深件成形时的起皱原因及措施

介绍了工件在拉深过程中 ,由于坯料在外力的压应力作用下所产生失稳而引发起皱的原因 ,并就防止起皱提出了增加压边力、拉应力等相应措施     

纯铜薄板矩形盒拉深特性的试验研究

作为非回转对称成形试验研究的一部分,进行了大量的矩形盒拉深试验。指出纯铜薄板的各向异性对矩形盒拉深成形性的影响不十分显著。增大凸模形状参数rc/w,成形中法兰短边和曲边材料向凹模口的流入速度减小,曲边变形加工度增大,是使成形极限降低的原因之一。rc/w=0.1附近,极限成形高度hmax最大。     

Safety effectiveness and crash cost benefit of red light cameras in Missouri

Objective: Red light cameras (RLCs) have generated heated discussions over issues of safety effectiveness, revenue generation, and procedural due process. This study focuses on the safety evaluation of RLCs in Missouri, including the economic valuation of safety benefits. The publication of the national Highway Safety Manual (HSM; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) in 2010 produced statistical safety models for intersections and spurred the calibration of these models to local conditions.

Methods: This study adds to existing knowledge by applying the latest statistical methodology presented in the HSM and more current data. Driver behavior constantly changes due in part to driving conditions and the use of technology. The safety and economic benefit evaluation was performed using the empirical Bayes method, which accounts for regression to the mean bias. For the economic benefit evaluation, the KABCO crash severity scale and crash cost estimates were used. A total of 24 4-leg urban intersections were randomly selected from a master list of RLCs in Missouri from 2006 to 2011. Additionally, 35 comparable nontreated intersections were selected for the analysis.

Results and Conclusions: The implementation of RLCs reduced overall angle crashes by 11.6%, whereas rear-end crashes increased by 16.5%. The net economic crash cost benefit of the implementation of RLCs was $35,269 per site per year in 2001 dollars (approximately $47,000 in 2015 dollars). Thus, RLCs produced a sizable net positive safety benefit that is consistent with previous statistical studies.