Killed by a Traffic Engineer : Shattering the Delusion That Science Underlies Our Transportation System
Killed by a Traffic Engineer : Shattering the Delusion That Science Underlies Our Transportation System
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Author(s): Marshall, Wes
ISBN No.: 9781642833300
Pages: 344
Year: 202406
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 48.30
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Status: Available

Part 1: What Are We Doing Here? Chapter 1: Bad Medicine Chapter 2: Deal or No Deal Chapter 3: Murder Incorporated Chapter 4: Hand-Me-Downs Chapter 5: Passing the Buck Chapter 6: Won''t Someone Please Think of the Children? Chapter 7: Little Lies Chapter 8: Science versus Faith Chapter 9: Killed by a Traffic Engineer? Chapter 10: The Three E''s Chapter 11: You Could Learn a Lot from a Dummy Chapter 12: License to Drive Chapter 13: Good Cop, Bad Cop Chapter 14: Can We Fix It? Chapter 15: Fast Times Chapter 16: Safety for Whom? Chapter 17: Full of Hot Air Chapter 18: How Much Is Your Life Worth? Chapter 19: The Cost of Doing Business Chapter 20: Do Better, Be Better Part 2: Mismeasuring Safety Chapter 21: The Relativity of Safety Chapter 22: Exposing Exposure Chapter 23: The Mirage of More Mileage Chapter 24: Why Didn''t the Chicken Cross the Road? Chapter 25: Don''t Sweat the Small Stuff Chapter 26: The Conflict Conflict Chapter 27: Conflating Congestion Chapter 28: Aiming in the Wrong Direction Part 3: Make No Mistake Chapter 29: The Human Error False Flag Chapter 30: What Is Predictable Is Preventable Chapter 31: The Errors beneath the Errors Chapter 32: Tip of the Wrong Iceberg Chapter 33: Bad Apples Chapter 34: Wishful Technological Thinking Chapter 35: Not So Simple Chapter 36: I Wish I Knew Chapter 37: Why and Why Not? Chapter 38: Cold, Wet, and a Little Embarrassed Part 4: I Feel the Need for Speed Chapter 39: Disconnecting Speed from Safety Chapter 40: What''s Up with That? Chapter 41: Reasonable and Prudent Chapter 42: Lukewarm Chicken Chapter 43: Be Careful What You Wish For Chapter 44: Designing for Speed Chapter 45: Above Minimum Chapter 46: The Fundamental Physics Chapter 47: Common Knowledge Part 5: Designing Time Chapter 48: Forecasting Overkill Chapter 49: An Origin Story for the High-Injury Network Chapter 50: It''s a Tradition Chapter 51: One-Way Conflicts Chapter 52: Inconvenient Evidence Chapter 53: Unclear Zones Chapter 54: The Fuzzy Math of Urban Freeways Part 6: A Bird''s-Eye View Chapter 55: Not If You Leave Your Cul-de-Sac Chapter 56: What''s Your Function? Chapter 57: Bigger and Badder Chapter 58: Between Isn''t Through Chapter 59: One Shining Moment Chapter 60: Doing Our Jobs? Chapter 61: Ain''t That America Chapter 62: Well, That Didn''t Work Part 7: OK Data, Don''t Mess This One Up Chapter 63: Statistically Significant Nonsense Chapter 64: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story? Chapter 65: We Don''t Know What We''re Missing Chapter 66: Better Data, Better Insights Part 8: The Blame Game Chapter 67: The Liability Boogeyman Chapter 68: The Guidelines Won''t Save Us Chapter 69: Hard to Say I''m Sorry Chapter 70: If Only Chapter 71: Safer Designs Please Part 9: Standard Issue Chapter 72: The Pirates'' Code Chapter 73: Don''t Blame the Manuals Chapter 74: Level of Frickin'' Service Chapter 75: Unfinished LOS Business Chapter 76: Blind Faith in the Normal Part 10: Safety Edumacation Chapter 77: An Empty Silo Chapter 78: Cultivating Engineering Judgment Chapter 79: Generalists Are Special Chapter 80: Transportation Is Made of People Part 11: Spark Joy Chapter 81: I Declare Vision Zero! Chapter 82: Department of (Child) Transportation Services Chapter 83: Where the Sidewalk Begins Chapter 84: Another One Rides the Bus Chapter 85: Won''t You Be My Neighbor? Part 12: What Matters and What Next? Chapter 86: Tell the Stories Behind the Numbers Chapter 87: Reengineer the Traffic Engineers Chapter 88: Keep Asking Why About the Author Acknowledgments Endnotes.


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