Manual for selecting safety improvements on high risk rural roads
By: Jennifer E. Atkinson, Brian E. Chandler, Vernon Betkey, Karen Weiss, Karen Dixon, Anna Giragosian, Kelly Donoughe, and Cara O'Donnell
Contributors: Chandler, Brian E.; Betkey, Vernon; Weiss, Karen; Dixon, Karen; Giragosian, Anna; Donoughe, Kelly; O'Donnell, Cara; Dahlem, James; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety; Science Applications International Corporation
Publisher: United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Low-volume roads; Traffic safety; Rural roads; Rural highways; Safety measures
Description: This manual provides information on the costs and benefits of safety treatments on high-risk rural roads (HRRR).  Agencies can use this manual to determine the following information on the treatments: Safety benefits; Costeffectiveness  comparison of safety treatments; Applicability of treatment deployment with respect to identified  need; and Initial and reoccurring maintenance costs associated with countermeasure installation. In addition, this  manual provides information on the decision-making process necessary to identify treatments.
Notes: Title from cover; statement of responsibility from technical report documentation page.

"August 2014."

Performed by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).

"James Dahlem (james.dahlem@dot.gov), Office of Safety Technologies, served as the Technical Manager for the  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)."

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online.

Sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety under contract number DFTH61-10-D-00024, T-12-006