Collisions between vehicles and wildlife impact human safety and wildlife conservation. Transportation planners are increasingly involved in planning and implementing road‐wildlife mitigation measures to lessen the risk of wildlife‐vehicle collision (WVC) as well as provide connectivity opportunities for safe wildlife movement. An understanding of where, when and why WVC occur is essential to avoid high‐risk areas and design effective mitigation measures.
Information about when, where and why WVC occur along roads can be used to inform where mitigation would be most effectively placed to reduce WVC.
Global Positioning Systems are essential for the rapid and accurate collection of large volumes of WVC data for use in mitigation planning.
There are numerous methods available to identify where and when WVC hotspots and hot moments are located along roads that can instruct mitigation planners.
When WVC data is not available, models can be used to predict WVC hotspots and hot moments; however, more rigorous study designs are required for application to mitigation planning.
There are several inexpensive and accessible tools that have been developed to measure when, where and why WVC occur.
There are many tools available to assist transportation planners and decision‐makers in determining the location of mitigation measures for wildlife. These tools use empirical data to calculate hotspots and hot moments of WVC along roads. When empirical data is not available, predictive models can be applied to roads that have similar road and landscape conditions as the modelled site.
Road–Wildlife Mitigation Planning can be Improved by Identifying the Patterns and Processes Associated with Wildlife‐Vehicle Collisions
Handbook of Road Ecology ; 101-109
2015-04-01
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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