A stop safety index to address pedestrian safety around bus stops

Fire Safety Challenges in Hospital Safety Index (HSI)

Hospitals are a symbol of social welfare and the last refuge of patients, which is the most important issue of the health system. Patient safety is the first and most important issue for the health system.  Before COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) defined the Hospital Safety Index (HSI) to measure hospital preparedness for disasters. During the COVID-19 crisis, hospitals faced many ...

GIS-Based Safety Bus Stops— Serdang and Seri Kembangan Case Study

Enhancing a bus transit system is a possible solution to the growth of congestion in urban areas. Issues related to the safety of bus passengers, either on board or during their travel to a bus stop, should be considered. This article presents a GIS method to identify risky bus stops on a single bus route in the Serdang and Seri Kempangan area according to three attributes: location, characteri...

Integrated Pedestrian Safety Assessment Procedure

Structural improvements at the vehicle front are state of the art in the field of pedestrian safety today and offer a basic passive protection. Meanwhile advanced safety systems have entered the market. Deployable systems, like the active bonnet or the windscreen airbag, further enhance the passive protection of passenger vehicles while systems of active safety such as autonomous emergency brak...

Pedestrian Safety Issues for Victoria

Racial Differences and Pedestrian Safety

In the 1990s, federal legislation was passed requiring transportation planning to incorporate the interests of all stakeholder groups. One urban transportation mode that is often ignored is pedestrian movement. A group particularly susceptible to difficulties in this mode is the elderly. This study surveys the attitudes of senior citizens in regard to pedestrian safety and motorist interactions...