Title: TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IN THE 1970'S: A SITUATION REPORT
Abstract: Transportation became, in the 1920s, an area of national concern. Concurrent with the rise in the number of vehicles at that time was a simultaneous increase in traffic fatalities. The need for a coordinated highway research program became apparent, as isolated research projects benefitted few people. The Highway Research Board became a vehicle for collection of research, to be made available to highway safety programs. It has now become evident that transportation safety involves not just one mode, but several. The interaction and impact of various modes upon each other created new safety problems. There is an emphasis at present on detection and correction of hazards in the planning stages. There are also political problems relating to allocation of funds, but the necessity of transportation safety programs seems firmly established.
Publication Year: 1974
Publication Date: 1974-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
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