DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED TRAFFIC SAFETY SYSTEM FOR PUERTO RICO

THE DESIGN OF AN INTEGRATED TRAFFIC SAFETY SYSTEM FOR PUERTO RICO IS DESCRIBED. THE DESIGN STRATEGY EMPLOYED IS THE ESD (EFFECTIVE SYSTEM DESIGN) TECHNIQUE. A TWO- DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC SAFETY SYSTEM RESULTED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF 24 SUBSYSTEMS. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH WAS USED TO STUDY THE SUBSYSTEMS AND ESTABLISH COST EFFECTIVENESS FOR EACH OF THE SYSTEM MEASURES. FOR EACH MEASURE THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL ESTABLISH PRIORITY, FORMULATE THE MEASURE, AND PREPARE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 14 Pp, 2 ReF
• Corporate Authors:

  World Highway Conf, Montreal /Can

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• Authors:
  • Kuttan, A
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Design; Systems engineering; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Two dimensional
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221480
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1971 12:00AM