Enabling Data-Driven Safety Improvements in Rural Alaska

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• Creators:
  Bennett, F Lawrence ; Metzgar, Jonathan ; Perkins, Robert A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Bennett Engineering ; University of Alaska Fairbanks. Center for Safety Equity in Transportation (CSET) ; University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Annual average daily traffic
  • Data collection
  • Financing
  • Mobile applications
  • Rural areas
  • Traffic counting
  • Traffic safety
  • Bicycle counts
  • Crash data
  • Crash records
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  INE/CSET 19.26
• DOI:
  http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10931
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alaska ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report 9/1/2018 – 9/30/2019
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Alaska Fairbanks. Center for Safety Equity in Transportation (CSET)
• Abstract:
  Safety improvements require funding. A clear need must be demonstrated to secure funding. For transportation safety, data, especially data about past crashes, is the usual method of demonstrating need. However, in rural locations, such data is often not available, or is not in a form amenable to use in funding applications. This research aids rural entities, often federally recognized tribes and small villages acquire data needed for funding applications. Two aspects of work product are the development of a traffic counting application for an iPad or similar device, and a review of the data requirements of the major transportation funding agencies. The traffic-counting app, UAF Traffic, demonstrated its ability to count traffic and turning movements for cars and trucks, as well as ATVs, snow machines, pedestrians, bicycles, and dog sleds. The review of the major agencies demonstrated that all the likely funders would accept qualitative data and Road Safety Audits. However, quantitative data, if it was available, was helpful.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62073/dot_62073_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.96 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3911372db05de31692c707572fd8062fb108465049df1dab0d57f4261167467a