Comment:
The Countermeasure Evaluation Tool provides users with the ability to conduct before-and-after evaluations of implemented safety improvements. Such evaluations are highly desirable to increase knowledge of project effectiveness and supplement or improve the safety-effectiveness measures for improvements available for use in Safety Analyst. This tool is capable of performing before-and-after evaluations using the Empirical Bayes (EB) approach.

Last Updated (Year): 2015

Year Produced: 2010

Abstract:

Safety Analyst is a set of software tools used by state and local highway agencies for highway safety management. Safety Analyst implements state-of-the-art analytical procedures for use in the decision-making process to identify and manage a systemwide program of site-specific improvements to enhance highway safety by cost-effective means. The software automates procedures to assist highway agencies in implementing the six main steps of the highway safety management process, including: network screening, diagnosis, countermeasure selection, economic appraisal, priority ranking, and countermeasure evaluation. Safety Analyst was developed as a cooperative effort by FHWA and participating state and local agencies. The software is available for licensing as an AASHTOWare product.

For:Walking, Biking

The E's:Evaluation, Engineering

Ped Bike Activity:

• Planning
• Design
• Assessment

Ped Bike Topic:

• Tools
• Safety
• Networks
• Analysis

Resource Type:

• Guidance

Link to Content Source:

Safety Analyst