A road diet is a low-cost countermeasure which typically involves converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway to a three-lane roadway, reducing the section to two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane. The objective of this evaluation was to estimate the safety effectiveness of road diets by developing a crash modification factor (CMF) specific to the U.S. state of Rhode Island. To account for potential selection bias and regression-to-the-mean, an empirical Bayes before-after analysis was conducted, using reference groups of untreated four-lane undivided roadways with similar characteristics to the treated sites. Results indicated a 29% decrease (CMF = 0.71) in total crashes and a 37% reduction in fatal and injury crashes (CMF = 0.63). The expected results of the evaluation will help Rhode Island Department of Transportation to determine a statewide direction for implementation of the countermeasure.


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    Titel :

    Safety Effectiveness of the Road Diet Treatment in Rhode Island


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Beteiligte:
    Zhou, Yuying (Autor:in) / Himes, Scott (Autor:in) / Le, Thanh (Autor:in) / Gooch, Jeff (Autor:in) / Northup, Kayla (Autor:in) / Pavao, Peter (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    03.03.2022




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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