EVALUATING RESIDENTIAL STREET MANAGEMENT SCHEMES: GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. EVALUATION OF AREA SCHEMES: RESIDENTIAL STREET MANAGEMENT

The report represents criterion and guidelines for the evaluation of residential street management (RSM) schemes. It is based on the availability of a clear set of objectives for which an RSM scheme has been developed and "before" data. The study of the relationship between different objectives indicates that the majority of environmental/socio-economic objectives are dependant for their achievement on traffic/safety objectives. The reverse, however, is not true. The achievement of the following objectives would in effect set the scene for the social/environmental objectives: (a) restrict through traffic movement; (b) restrict heavy vehicles through movement; (c) lower speed; and (d) minimise accidents. These could be called "the core objectives" of RSM schemes. The costs/lengths of undertaking particular surveys within the effectiveness) provides an indication only of the relative framework of a specific MOE and in relation to a specific objective. The following conclusions can be drawn from this evaluation: (a) it is not possible to identify a core of MOE's which is common to most RSM schemes; (b) most RSM schemes could be subject to a similar set of core objectives; (c) MOES can only be related to specific objectives and not to the RSM scheme itself; and (d) for each specific objective, the most appropriate MOE (and related survey) can be determined. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transport, Australia

  State Administration Centre, Victoria Square
  Adelaide, South Australia,   Australia 
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 165 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Data collection; Environment; Evaluation; Heavy vehicles; Highway traffic control; Measures of effectiveness; Residential streets; Safety; Socioeconomic factors; Speed limits; Strategic planning; Surveys; Traffic restraint; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Residential roads
• ITRD Terms: 643: Capacity (road, footway); 9010: Delay; 255: Economics; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2755: Highway; 9147: Interview; 697: Journey time; 455: Junction; 6136: Measurement; 9102: Method; 687: Origin destination traffic; 955: Parking; 307: Residential area; 1665: Safety; 2253: Sociology; 5408: Speed; 755: Traffic; 689: Traffic count; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389896
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM