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Overview of Pedestrian Research: Focus on Costs for Winter Road Maintenance and Injured Pedestrians and Pedestrian Counts
Jenny Eriksson, Anna K. Arvidsson · 2024
Summary
A research review examining the costs of winter maintenance and pedestrian fall injuries in Sweden, alongside methods for measuring pedestrian volumes and movement patterns. It highlights the substantial societal costs of winter-related falls compared with maintenance expenditure, while identifying major gaps in pedestrian counting and exposure data.
Summary in original language (Swedish)
En kunskapsöversikt som jämför kostnader för vinterväghållning och fotgängares fallolyckor samt belyser brister i metoder för att mäta gångtrafik och rörelsemönster.
- Topics
- Maintenance & OperationsData & MonitoringPolicy, Strategy & GovernanceHealth, Safety & Wellbeing
- Target audience
- PoliticiansPolicy makersMaintenancePromoters & advocates
- Mode
- Walking
- Conditions
- WinterSnowyIcySlushyColdWetDark
- Population group
- All
- Trip purpose
- All
- Countries
- Sweden(National)
- Language
- Swedish
- Access
- Open access
- License
- c
- Organisations
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