Assessment of Techniques for Cost-effectiveness of Highway Accident Countermeasures

Assessment of Techniques for Cost-effectiveness of Highway Accident Countermeasures
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Environmental Design and Control Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1979
Genre: Traffic safety
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Improved cost-effectiveness techniques are developed for evaluating highway safety programs. These improved techniques include: better methods of determining accident costs; statistical procedures for calculating accident costs; consistent system for evaluating accident cost and countermeasure effectiveness; and improved incremental benefit-cost algorithm for ranking safety projects. In addition to developing improved cost-effectiveness techniques the report reviews selected accident countermeasure studies and provides a critique of current procedures for evaluating safety programs. Three techniques are recommended for use in allocating safety funds: incremental benefit-cost, with improved algorithm; dynamic programming; and integer programming.

Report No. FHWA-RD.

Report No. FHWA-RD.
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 758
Release: 1979
Genre:
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