Street design and driving behavior: Evidence from a large-scale study in Milan and Amsterdam

2026/02/10 by Giacomo Orsi, Titus Venverloo, Andrea La Grotteria +4 · 1 voice
Engineering · Social Sciences · #Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety #Traffic and Road Safety #Urban Transport and Accessibility

paper · doi:10.1016/j.trc.2026.105554

openalex publication_date 2026/02/10 · crossref created 2026/02/10 · openalex created_date 2026/02/11 · crossref issued 2026/04/01 · crossref published 2026/04/01 · crossref published-print 2026/04/01 · crossref deposited 2026/04/05 · crossref indexed 2026/04/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Citations

• Local Indicators of Spatial Association—LISA
• Built environment and violent crime: An environmental audit approach using Google Street View
• Desirable streets: Using deviations in pedestrian trajectories to measure the value of the built environment
• Review of City-Wide 30 km/h Speed Limit Benefits in Europe

Discussions

• Lowering speed limits alone isn't enough: in Milan and Amsterdam, narrower streets and more densely built environments were associated with lower speeds, while lowering posted limits had only a small [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]