Project
The sense of the road
Funding origin:
France
STRIA Roadmaps:
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Transport mode:
Road
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/09/2003,
End date: 01/10/2004
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
This project looks at roads in terms of public spaces and at mobility (road use) as a social phenomenon.
Objectives:
The project was aimed at answering to the following questions:
- How is social dialogue on the road built up?
- In what ways can road equipment or streetscape contribute not only to road safety, but also to bringing back civility in relations between users?
Methodology:
The project methodology was built up of the following elements:
- observation and field survey: on-site and survey of users and other stakeholders (actors involved in traffic engineering, roadside equipment, road safety, etc.)
- organisation of a working group partnership and seminar;
- analysis of dialogue (semiology).
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