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Title:

COMPUTERIZED INVENTORY AND PRIORITY ANALYSIS FOR ROADSIDE OBSTACLES. ABRIDGEMENT

Accession Number:

00196612

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

The computerized inventory and priority-ranking scheme for roadside obstacles provides a community with a practical tool for managing the improving the roadside environment. With it, as application may be made for federal funding for the planned removal, relocation, or protection of the most hazardous obstacles along the roadway, thereby maximizing the accident-reduction potential for each safety dollar spent. Once improvements have been made, the capabilities of the inventory system allow for continued updating to reflect the type of work that was done. For Livonia, Michigan, 2342 roadside obstacles were recorded, of which almost 50 percent were hig-severity potential obstacles--trees, utility poles, buildings, or guardrails. However, the application of the replacement index algorithm identified only approximately 3 percent (79) of all roadside obstacles as being in a high replacement category. Thus, the planned improvement of these sites may provide a substantial savings in accidents and accident severity in a cost-effective manner. /Author/

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Safety Appurtenances. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411518

Report/Paper Numbers:

HS-026 748

Authors:

Cunard, Richard A
Perkins, David D
Datta, Tapan K

Pagination:

pp 10-12

Publication Date:

1978

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 679
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

57th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1978-1-16 to 1978-1-20

ISBN:

0309028248

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (2)

Subject Areas:

Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

HSL, TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 28 1979 12:00AM

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