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IHSDM/HSM Alabama
Alabama is in the process of a project to study the best approaches for implementing IHSDM/HSM/SA in Alabama. The objective of the project is to develop a plan of action and schedule that includes a scope of work to optimize the implementation of the AASHTO HSM methodologies and the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) supporting software […]
Your Phone is Locked. Just Drive.
The statistics on distracted driving are pretty scary. Just making cellphone calls increases your chances of crashing by four times; sending text messages increases the risk 23 times. If you’re a concerned parent or employer, therefore, you may want to consider fighting technology with technology. There’s a new category of cellphone apps made just for this purpose. […]
2010 Crash Facts Book
The Alabama Crash Facts Book (CFB) is an annual publication produced in part by CAPS that provides a wide breadth of traffic safety statistics for a variety of constituencies. While most of the users of the CFB are traffic safety personnel, this publication is also intended to serve as a public information conduit.
Work Zone Lane Closure Analysis Model
At the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), the tool used by traffic engineers to predict whether a queue will form at a freeway work zone is the Excel-based ―Lane Rental Model‖ developed at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (OkDOT) and whose work zone capacity values are based on the 1994 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM, 1994). […]
Crash Cost Estimates by Maximum Police-Reported Injury Severity Within Selected Crash Geometries
Publication No. FHWA-HRT-05-051 This paper presents estimates for the economic (human capital) and comprehensive costs per crash for six KABCO groupings within 22 selected crash types and within two-speed limit categories (= 50 mi/h)). The comprehensive costs include nonmonetary losses. To produce these cost estimates, previously developed costs per victim keyed on the AIS injury […]
Crash Cost Estimates by Maximum Police-Reported Injury Severity Within Selected Crash Geometries
Publication No. FHWA-HRT-05-051 This paper presents estimates for the economic (human capital) and comprehensive costs per crash for six KABCO groupings within 22 selected crash types and within two-speed limit categories (= 50 mi/h)). The comprehensive costs include nonmonetary losses. To produce these cost estimates, previously developed costs per victim keyed on the AIS injury […]