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An Application Of Spatially Based Crash Analyses And Road Safety Investigations To Increase Older Driver Safety, Deanna A. Peabody
An Application Of Spatially Based Crash Analyses And Road Safety Investigations To Increase Older Driver Safety, Deanna A. Peabody
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Arguably the greatest issue facing the transportation profession is the ability to provide social equity with regards to both safety and mobility given the aging population. Given the overall dominance of the automobile within the transportation system, the ability to provide feasible alternatives is daunting. This fact, when coupled with the well-documented challenges of older drivers, underscores the need for improved safety features and system-wide safety approaches with a focus on the older driver. This paper describes an application of spatial crash analysis and road safety investigations that were employed in Massachusetts with a direct focus on the older driver. …