研究生人文与科学素养讲座
(前沿科技类)
ADVANCES IN PROACTIVE ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
There are two main transportation engineering approaches to improving road safety: reactive and proactive. The traditional reactive approach consists of implementing the necessary improvements to existing hazardous (black-spot) sites in order to improve safety at these sites. The proactive approach is a collision prevention approach that attempts to prevent unsafe road conditions from occurring in the first place. While the traditional reactive approach has proven to be very successful, it requires that a significant collision history exist before any action is taken to address the road safety problem. Moreover, retrofitting countermeasures in reaction to problems in existing road networks can be costly. Therefore, there is a need for transportation professionals to take a proactive approach that addresses road safety problems before they are allowed to emerge. There is a growing appreciation in the road safety community for the need to implement a more proactive approach to road safety. The focus of this paper is on proactive engineering initiatives that can be employed to improve road safety. An overview of emerging trends in proactive road safety management will be provided. These emerging trends include: the use of safety conscious planning models, the explicit evaluation of safety in road design, and the video-based automated road safety analysis using computer vision techniques. Case studies from proactive safety management projects undertaken in several countries will be presented.
讲座信息
主讲人:Dr. Tarek Sayed
主题:ADVANCES IN PROACTIVE ROAD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
地点:人文学院报告厅
时间:2018年10月17日(周三)
15:00-17:30
讲座类型:前沿科技
(Tip:本场讲座为发卡讲座)
嘉宾介绍
Dr. Tarek Sayed
英属哥伦比亚大学教授、杰出学者。曾获ITE威尔伯史密斯杰出交通奖、加拿大土木工程学会桑德福德弗莱明奖,迈克尔王子国际道路安全奖以及多项最佳论文和教学奖。2014年,他获得了加拿大运输协会颁发的百年道路安全奖,以表彰其为加拿大道路安全领域带来的巨大变革和长期贡献。Sayed博士是加拿大工程学院,加拿大工程院和加拿大土木工程学会的成员,亦是UBC智能交通系统局局长。曾发布350余种出版物,并指导过85名硕士和博士生。他进行的有关改进交通安全分析和评估的研究重塑了道路安全问题的识别和评估方式。他在主动道路安全管理方面的工作亦得到了广泛认可,并在全球多个国家得到应用。
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