ENHANCEMENT OF ROAD SAFETY WITH IMPROVEMENTS OF THE AREA DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS

Abstract

A road network should provide all its users with the safe and effective travel with specific means of transport. The process of its development and operation encompasses the inherent and consecutive stages of the road network implementation process, i.e. planning, designing, implementation, and operation. Errors made during one of the stages of the urban transport network development, despite optimal solutions adopted during next stages, may significantly lower the standard of road infrastructure and adjacent areas, leading to the deterioration of road traffic conditions and safety. This is particularly important at the stage of planning, because errors committed at that stage are often difficult to remedy and require additional financial outlays to mitigate their impact of compromising a safety level in road traffic. The results of a survey conducted in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship have led to diagnosing the most important problems that result from the improper planning of the road network at the stage of the area development and planning. Moreover, the method of improving that process has been proposed from the perspective of road safety.

Keywords

• road safety, area development and planning, road network, mobility plan, transport plan, road network hierarchy