Rosa P: A digital library for transportation research (United States Department of Transportation) · 1979 · 20 citations · 0 references
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PharmacyProject ManagementCost-benefit AnalysisCost-effectiveness AnalysisSafety EngineeringAccident InvestigationCost AnalysisCost Performance AnalysisIncremental Cost-effectiveness AnalysisTraffic SafetyTransportation Project EvaluationCost-effectivenessCountermeasure Effectiveness EvaluationHighway Project EvaluationIncremental Benefit AnalysisIncremental Cost AllocationIncremental Cost EstimationIncremental Cost-benefit AnalysisRoad Safety Economics
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. (FHWA)