These tolls could drop with congestion from induced travel and massive speed regulation, both of which would negate the road s role in reducing travel times, and large scale introduction of slower electric cars. Added costs of death tolls are estimated to range from 146 to up to 438 million dollars per year. The case for action for these alternatives is economic as well as preventive, as world recoverable oil reserves peak, oil demand increases, and prices rise. It is standard practice in many countries to value lives preserved through safer transport measures as part of the decision-making process on investments in roads, rail and busses. This paper reports the results of a risk assessment of the impact on road deaths from Route 6 in the year 2010.
Subsequent work is needed to report impacts from air pollution.