The STARs evaluation tool: optimising network performance, road worker safety and road user safety during roadworks and maintenance

The aim of the Scoring Traffic at Roadworks (STARs) project is to optimise network availability, road worker safety and road user safety during roadworks. The objective was to develop a methodology to score roadworks schemes on these three interdependent risk areas which are usually considered in isolation, and to produce a practical tool for use particularly by contractors and contracting authorities in planning and assessing roadworks schemes and setting contractor targets. To achieve this objective, three risk equations for performance at roadworks have been developed and included in the STARs Evaluation Tool, together with a Multicriteria Solver Module to transform the scores into a “STARs” scale. This scale is used to produce an unbiased rating of individual management strategies. This paper describes the tool structure, briefly covers the theory governing the equations and illustrates use of the methodology with a case study. The STARs project is part of the ENR2011 DESIGN programme which is a cross-border funded Joint Research Programme initiated by ERA-NET Road.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Weekley, J
  • Nuallain, N N
  • Sarrazin, R
  • Wennström, J
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Highway safety; Personnel; Travelers; Work zones
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (roads)
• ATRI Terms: Case study; Personnel; Road safety; Road user; Safety audit; Work zone
• Subject Areas: Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01534666
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 14 2014 10:17AM