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Margaret M Peden - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • monitoring the decade of Action for global road safety 2011 2020 an update
    Global Public Health, 2017
    Co-Authors: Adnan A Hyder, Nino Paichadze, Tamitza Toroyan, Margaret M Peden
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACTThe United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) was set up in 2004 in response to the recognised need for the United Nations (UN) system to encourage efforts to address the global road safety crisis. In 2010, the UN General Assembly Resolution 64/255 declared 2011–2020 the Decade of Action for Road Safety with the overarching goal of stabilising and reducing the forecasted number of road traffic deaths by increasing activities at national, regional and global levels. In 2011, a Plan of Action for the Decade of Action, a tool to support the development of national and local Plans of Action, was launched. Countries are encouraged to implement activities according to the five pillars set out by the Plan of Action. The UNRSC, tasked to evaluate the overall impact of the Decade, developed and populated indicators for each pillar. Currently, 36 of 38 proposed indicators are populated by baseline data for 2010 from the second Global status report for road safety. However, gaps exist in data quality ...

Cecil W Colson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Plan of Action TO REDUCE VEHICLE-TRAIN CRASHES IN ALABAMA
    Transportation Research Record, 1998
    Co-Authors: Brian L Bowman, Kristen Stinson, Cecil W Colson
    Abstract:

    In April 1996, the state of Alabama Legislature, through the passage of Act 503, directed the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to conduct a comprehensive study of rail-highway grade crossings in the state and recommend methods to drastically reduce the number of vehicle-train crashes. Senate Act 503 states: "… That the Alabama Department of Transportation is directed to conduct a comprehensive study of the rail/highway grade crossings in the state and present a Plan to this body recommending methods to dramatically reduce vehicle/ train accidents by the first day of the 1997 Regular Session." In response to Act 503, the Multimodal Bureau of ALDOT developed an Action Plan that compared Alabama's grade crossing crash experience with the experience of the national and southeastern states to identify the prevalent characteristics, identified the perceived needs of safety and railroad professionals required to decrease vehicle-train crashes and crash severity, and compiled a list of recommendations...

Brian L Bowman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Plan of Action TO REDUCE VEHICLE-TRAIN CRASHES IN ALABAMA
    Transportation Research Record, 1998
    Co-Authors: Brian L Bowman, Kristen Stinson, Cecil W Colson
    Abstract:

    In April 1996, the state of Alabama Legislature, through the passage of Act 503, directed the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to conduct a comprehensive study of rail-highway grade crossings in the state and recommend methods to drastically reduce the number of vehicle-train crashes. Senate Act 503 states: "… That the Alabama Department of Transportation is directed to conduct a comprehensive study of the rail/highway grade crossings in the state and present a Plan to this body recommending methods to dramatically reduce vehicle/ train accidents by the first day of the 1997 Regular Session." In response to Act 503, the Multimodal Bureau of ALDOT developed an Action Plan that compared Alabama's grade crossing crash experience with the experience of the national and southeastern states to identify the prevalent characteristics, identified the perceived needs of safety and railroad professionals required to decrease vehicle-train crashes and crash severity, and compiled a list of recommendations...

  • Plan of Action To Reduce Vehicle-Train Crashes in Alabama
    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 1998
    Co-Authors: Brian L Bowman, Kristen Stinson, Cecil Colson
    Abstract:

    In April 1996, the state of Alabama Legislature, through the passage of Act 503, directed the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to conduct a comprehensive study of rail-highway grade crossings in the state and recommend methods to drastically reduce the number of vehicle-train crashes. Senate Act 503 states: “… That the Alabama Department of Transportation is directed to conduct a comprehensive study of the rail/highway grade crossings in the state and present a Plan to this body recommending methods to dramatically reduce vehicle/train accidents by the first day of the 1997 Regular Session.” In response to Act 503, the Multimodal Bureau of ALDOT developed an Action Plan that compared Alabama’s grade crossing crash experience with the experience of the national and southeastern states to identify the prevalent characteristics, identified the perceived needs of safety and railroad professionals required to decrease vehicle-train crashes and crash severity, and compiled a list of recommendations and activities required for implementation. The activities and results of the Act 503 study documented in the final report are summarized (1). It discusses the engineering, economic, educational, enforcement, and emotional impediments to increasing rail-highway intersection safety and presents a broad range of realistic countermeasures. These countermeasures include legislative Action; judicial reform; and enforcement, economic, and education initiatives.

Adnan A Hyder - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • monitoring the decade of Action for global road safety 2011 2020 an update
    Global Public Health, 2017
    Co-Authors: Adnan A Hyder, Nino Paichadze, Tamitza Toroyan, Margaret M Peden
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACTThe United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) was set up in 2004 in response to the recognised need for the United Nations (UN) system to encourage efforts to address the global road safety crisis. In 2010, the UN General Assembly Resolution 64/255 declared 2011–2020 the Decade of Action for Road Safety with the overarching goal of stabilising and reducing the forecasted number of road traffic deaths by increasing activities at national, regional and global levels. In 2011, a Plan of Action for the Decade of Action, a tool to support the development of national and local Plans of Action, was launched. Countries are encouraged to implement activities according to the five pillars set out by the Plan of Action. The UNRSC, tasked to evaluate the overall impact of the Decade, developed and populated indicators for each pillar. Currently, 36 of 38 proposed indicators are populated by baseline data for 2010 from the second Global status report for road safety. However, gaps exist in data quality ...

Alexandre Sidorenko - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the madrid international Plan of Action on ageing from conception to implementation
    Ageing & Society, 2004
    Co-Authors: Alexandre Sidorenko, Alan Walker
    Abstract:

    The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing is the most important United Nations (UN) document on population ageing for 20 years and sets the context for global policies on ageing for the current century. Drawing from the authors' active participation in the preparation of the draft that formed the basis of the Madrid Plan, the primary purpose of this article is to describe the two-year process of development of the Plan. Then the main features of the Plan are outlined, including the pivotal role of the society for all ages concept and its thematic foundations. The Madrid Plan is contrasted with its Vienna predecessor of 20 years earlier – the priority given to developing countries in the former is identified as one of the key differences between them. Following a brief outline of the implementation and monitoring processes for the Madrid Plan, a model is presented as a potential template for use in evaluating the impact of the Plan and, especially, its effectiveness in improving the conditions of older people's lives. It is argued that a systematic process of monitoring and evaluation is required if the Plan is not to suffer the fate of being regarded as yet another worthy ‘wish list’.

  • Implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging: Research dimension
    Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 2004
    Co-Authors: Alexandre Sidorenko
    Abstract:

    This article identifies the role of research in follow-up of the Second World Assembly on Aging (Madrid, Spain, 2002). It briefly describes the Research Agenda on Aging for the 21st century, which has been developed to support the major policy document adopted by the Second World Assembly – the Madrid International Plan of Action on Aging.