France’s SRU Act (Solidarity and Urban Renewal Act) makes safe transportation systems one of the priority objectives of Urban Transportation Plans (PDUs).It views the organising authorities of urban transportation systems and their partners as directly accountable for urban transport safety problems. This is because road traffic accidents are neither inevitable nor strictly a question of user behaviour. Moreover, it will only be possible to develop the environmentally-friendly modes of transport advocated in the PDUs if cities become sufficiently safe for all vulnerable users. The PDUs’ new focus on safety, which aims to achieve safer (...)
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