The article addresses the issue of increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic conflicting with each other in the city center of Kielce. It presents the steps the city decided to take in order to calm traffic, improve pedestrian safety, reduce noise emission levels, and minimize the pedestrian-vehicle conflict. The paper includes a justification for the necessity of changes and the introduction of a traffic calming zone. The main features of the discussed solution for the functioning of the city center are presented. Sustainable functioning of the downtown space (residential, commercial, and service development with a high degree of intensity) requires improvements in road safety.THE DOWNTOWN ZONE OF TRAFFIC CALMING AS A METHOD OF IMPROVING THE ROAD SAFETY
The article discussed the issue of increased traffic and pedestrian traffic conflicting with each other in the center of Kielce. The work presented the steps, which the city decided to calm traffic, improve pedestrian safety, reduce noise levels and minimize the conflict of pedestrian – vehicle.
The paper gives a justification of the need to change and the introduction of traffic calming area. The main features of this solution of functioning of the center are described. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine
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