Cost-benefit analysis of conventional and "electronic speed humps" in Brazil

• Grant number: 12/17753-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Economics - Agrarian and Natural Resource Economics
• Principal Investigator: José Vicente Caixeta Filho
• Grantee: Florian Immanuel Schumacher
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Given the large economic and social impact of traffic accidents in Brazil, the expected increase of this impact in the medium term, the proven effectiveness of speed control measures to reduce traffic accidents, the frequent use of some of these measures in Brazil, the lack of studies on the economic impact of these measures in Brazil and the inapplicability of cost-benefit analyzes conducted in other countries for the Brazilian reality, the objective of this study is to make an economic evaluation of road safety interventions "speed hump" and "electronic speed hump" in Brazil. We aim to develop a method to evaluate the cost effectiveness of these interventions in road safety based on a reduced set of parameters and to evaluate under what conditions of free flow speed, traffic volume and number of accidents each intervention is cost-effective. This research seeks to assist the establishment of clearly defined criteria and scientific grounds for the use of measures to control traffic speed in Brazil and to provide subsidies to transit and public health policy makers so that they can adopt measures more effective in reducing the number and the severity of traffic accidents, less costly in terms of air pollution and urban mobility, and economically more efficient. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SCHUMACHER, Florian Immanuel. Benefit-cost analysis of Brazilian conventional and electronic speed humps. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.