ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES: THE RAIL-HIGHWAY INTERSECTION EXAMPLE

FROM A STUDY OF PROTECTIVE DEVICE INSTALLATION AT RAIL- HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS, A PROCEDURE IS DEVELOPED THAT ESTABLISHES PRIORITIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF SAFETY AT THESE INTERSECTIONS. TECHNIQUES ARE REPORTED FOR COMPUTING INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, PRORATED ANNUALLY, OF RAIL-HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. IN ADDITION, THE BENEFIT-COST RELATIONSHIP IS DEMONSTRATED, I.E., THE INTERSECTIONS ARE RANKED IN DESCENDING ORDER ON THE BASIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCREMENTAL BENEFITS, OR THE REDUCTION IN ACCIDENT COSTS, AND INCREMENTAL COST OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTION. ALTHOUGH THE PAPER DOES NOT DEAL WITH ALL FACTORS INCLUDED IN THE ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SAFETY AT INTERSECTIONS, IT CONTAINS PROCEDURES THAT SHOULD BE OF USE TO CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS IN ESTABLISHING PRIORITY RATINGS FOR THE INSTALLATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT HIGHWAY AND STREET INTERSECTIONS AS WELL AS FOR RAIL-HIGHWAY INTERSECTIONS. /AUTHOR/

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr107/107-008.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board (HRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Richards, Hoy A
  • Hooks, Donald L
• Conference:
  • Second Western Summer Meeting
  • Location: Salt Lake City Utah, United States
  • Date: 1969-8-11 to 1969-8-13
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 70-80
• Monograph Title: Highway safety
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 107
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: At grade intersections; Benefit cost analysis; Economic analysis; Highway safety; Highways; Intersections; Maintenance management; Railroad grade crossings; Traffic control devices; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225732
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph, HS-011 166
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 21 1983 12:00AM