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Description
The procedure used by the KYTC to identify and prioritize locations in need
of guardrail was originally developed by KTC and documented as part of Report KTC-89-39
titled "Warrants and Guidelines for Installation of Guardrail". Additional work was perfonned by
KTC in 2001-2002 to create a database to document sites in need of guardrail based on the
Roadside Design Guide and KYTC field data. The Guardrail Rating System Database presently
contains approximately 2,000 sites. There is a need to update the existing database and
incorporate improved reporting capabilities. Another research study by KTC developed a scheme
for calculating the benefit-cost ratio for each safety improvement alternative and selected the
optimum combination of alternatives based on a specified budget (UKTRP-83-l2, titled "User's
Manual for Dynamic Programming for Highway Safety Improvement Program"). This
prioritization process should be reviewed and updated to include recent benefit and cost factors.
In addition, enhancements to the overall process could be achieved with improved linkage and
interconnectivity with the existing roadway characteristics database (IDS) and the crash database
(CRASH).
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/07 → 6/30/08 |
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- 1 Finished
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Kentucky Cooperative Transportation Research Program Part II KCTRP 08-28
Toussaint, P. (PI), Crabtree, J. (CoI), Graves, R. (CoI), Grossardt, T. (CoI), Harik, I. (CoI), Hopkins, T. (CoI), Hopwood, T. (CoI), Mahboub, K. (CoI) & Pigman, J. (CoI)
7/1/07 → 6/30/08
Project: Research project