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APPLICATION OF THE ORI COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

THE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO DEFINE, DEVELOP AND TEST A COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM TO EVALUATE CRASH AND INJURY CAUSATION COUNTERMEASURES FOR APPLICATION TO THE ANALYSIS OF ALL ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO AS THE "TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM." THE STUDY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. PART I DEALS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF THREE MODELS--COST, EFFECTIVENESS, AND ALLOCATION. THE MODELS WERE AUTOMATED AND EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED USING DATA FROM MARYLAND. PART II BEGAN AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE MODELS USING WISCONSIN AS A TEST CASE. LATER, ARIZONA, NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA AND UTAH WERE ADDED. THE APPLICATION OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM TO THESE STATES IS REPORTED SEPARATELY. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS LEADING TO THE DEVELOPING OF A NATIONAL POLICY FOR ALLOCATING HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS EFFECIENTLY ARE REPORTED ALSO. THE WISCONSIN PART OF THE STUDY DISCUSSES THE DATA BASE DEVELOPMENT, THE PREPARATION OF THE THREE MODEL SYSTEM FOR THAT APPLICATION TO THAT DATA BASE, AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF THAT APPLICATION. A SAMPLE OF 28 COUNTIES AND 18 LARGE CITIES FROM WISCONSIN WAS UTILIZED WITH DATA COLLECTED FROM 1962-1967 PERIOD. FOUR APPENDICES ARE INCLUDED WHICH DISCUSS SPECIAL PROBLEM AREAS INVOLVED IN THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM APPLICATION AND PRESENT THE EQUATIONS FROM WHICH THE FINAL RESULTS WERE DERIVED. /HSL/

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  • Accession Number: 00221331
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Ori Tech Rept 601
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Aug 1 1971 12:00AM