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Road Rage: Where to Go?_Crimson Publishers

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Road Rage: Where to Go? by Inhi Kim* in Crimson Publishers : Open Journal of Civil Engineering Road rage is a deeply rooted social problem and has become a common phenomenon among road users. Over 85% of New South Wales (NSW) drivers interviewed reported of being a victim of various forms of road rage while this figure is even higher in Brisbane with 95% [1]. Nine out of ten US drivers believe aggressive drivers pose a threat to their personal safety while 78% of the drivers report of engaging in aggressive driving at least once in 2014 AAAFTS [2]. The fact that road rage and aggressive driving is rated above drink driving as the biggest safety concern reveals the seriousness of the issue. Road rage can be defined as any hostile act conducted by a road user towards another road user on the roadway, including parking lots. These acts involve extreme forms of aggression like physically assaulting road users (both driver/passenger), vehicles or both. Road rage has become an easy med...

Creating Sustainable and Efficient Transport Interchanges: Some Findings of the City-HUB Project_Crimson Publishers

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Creating Sustainable and Efficient Transport Interchanges: Some Findings of the City-HUB Project by Odile Heddebaut* in Crimson Publishers : Open Journal of Civil Engineering This paper presents a European research project on urban mobility City-HUB. After the brief description of the City-HUB organization, model and interchanges studied, the paper shows and discusses the main findings of the project. https://crimsonpublishers.com/acet/fulltext/ACET.000525.php For more open access journals in   Crimson Publishers  please click on the link   https://crimsonpublishers.com/ For more articles in  Open Journal of Civil Engineering   Please click on the link  https://crimsonpublishers.com/acet/