Description:
The Resurfacing Safety Resource Allocation Program (RSRAP) software was developed to help highway agencies to incorporate traffic safety and operational improvements in conjunction with resurfacing projects. Specifically, the software helps to select a program of safety improvements that maximizes benefits resulting from the program. RSRAP selects this optimal safety improvement program within a user-specified budget constraint representing the agency’s available improvement budget. RSRAP uses an optimization process to determine the most cost-effective set of safety enhancements that achieve the optimal benefits for a specified set of candidate resurfacing projects. In this way, RSRAP can be used to maximize the system-wide safety benefits for a given set of resurfacing projects, rather than maximizing the benefits at any particular site. RSRAP incorporates the best available estimates of the safety effectiveness of specific geometric design and safety improvements.
Tool Type:
Software
Owner Source:
organization
Sponsor/Owner:
- National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
Published:
Availability:
NCHRP Report 486, which describes in detail the RSRAP, is available at the following link: RSRAP Report.
Disclaimer:
This information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained herein. This information does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturer's names appear in this information only because they are considered essential to the objective of this publication.
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