Why should speed depend on a road's purpose?

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In this new UMX video, we travel to Barcelona to learn more about road safety and how speed limits can be suggested through well-planned road design. We meet Axel Rimbaud, a road safety specialist, who will explain the safe system approach, a concept coming from the Netherlands and Sweden which emphasises taking every part of the road system into account to minimise the risk of crashes. In this video we will see that every road should be designed with a function, which determines the appropriate speed of the road. We will illustrate every type of road with examples in Barcelona, and see how, when well-designed, the speed of a road can naturally adjust to its function.

#Barcelona #roadsafety #urbandesign
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This video was shot in August 2023. Many thanks to Axel Rimbaud for kindly participating in this video.
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