Area-wide traffic calming improves safety - but will it work in low- and middle-income countries?
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 03:01
in Health & Medicine
Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths. However, more research needs to be carried out to see whether these interventions will work in low- and middle-income countries, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review of the available evidence...