Safer Roads at More Locations – Traffic Safety Strategy Implementation Continues in Budapest
- 5 Nov 2024 7:01 AM
Lower speed limits can save lives. This principle is guiding BKK as they seek to improve traffic safety across the capital. To this end, changes to speed limits will soon be made.
The locations were selected through joint analysis of the Traffic Safety Strategy, the 2030 Road Network Plan, and BKK's predictive model. The aim is to reduce numbers of road accidents and, following the principles of Vision Zero, to decrease numbers of severe and fatal injuries in Budapest.
Speed limits will be adjusted in several locations and others will be revised. In selecting specific locations, BKK also considered the number of incidents over recent years that could have been prevented with lower speeds.
Speed Limit Changes: maximum speeds will be reduced at the following locations:
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Andrássy Avenue, between Oktogon and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road, from 50 km/h to 40 km/h;
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Bécsi Road, between Vörösvári Road and Reménység Street, from 60 km/h to 50 km/h;
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Váci Road, between Róbert Károly Boulevard and Dózsa Gy. Road, from 70 km/h to 50 km/h.
Further discussions with the relevant districts will determine additional locations for speed limit changes.
The effects of the changes will be monitored regularly. Reviews are already underway on the section of Attila Road between Mikó Street and Alagút Street, where speed reduction measures were implemented in early October.
Lower speed typically results in less severe accidents. The aim is to protect vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and users of other micromobility devices. The goal is to significantly decrease the number and severity of traffic accidents on Budapest's roads.
BKK has developed these plans using its predictive model, which assesses where speed limits play a critical role in causing collisions. Evaluating data from the past five years through this AI-based model, experts can better identify where intervention is necessary to ensure safer travel.
Original source: BKK.hu
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