PLANNING FOR CONCENTRATED IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES. PHASE I-REPORT. VOLUME I: PROGRAM PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS

THERE IS A RECOGNIZED NEED TO IMPROVE THE BASIS ON WITH RESOURCE COMMITMENTS TO HIGHWAY SAFETY ACTIVITIES WILL BE MADE IN FUTURE YEARS. THE PRESENT GOAL IS TO FORMULATE DETAILED PLANS FOR EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF SELECTED SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES ON HIGHWAY SAFETY. THE FACTORS FOUND TO BE IMPORTANT IN THE DESIGN OF SUCH PROGRAMS ARE CONSIDERED. SIX PROGRAM AREAS ARE DEFINED. FOR EACH PROGRAM AREA, THERE IS A DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATE COUNTERMEASURES AND SELECTION CRITERIA; MEASUREMENTS OF EFFECTIVENESS; AND CONTROL, RESOURCE, AND DATA REQUIREMENTS. CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN THE CHOICE OF A SUITABLE SITE FOR EACH PROGRAM ARE ALSO STRESSED. /HSRI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No HsrI-00157-2, 234 PP, TABS
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Publication Date: 1971-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Experiments; Highway safety; Planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221338
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM