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| Author(s): |
Florian Immanuel Schumacher
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2015-01-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Jose Vicente Caixeta Filho;
Daniela Bacchi Bartholomeu Bonato;
Silvia Helena Galvao de Miranda
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| Advisor: | Jose Vicente Caixeta Filho |
| Abstract | |
Given the large economic and social impact of traffic accidents in Brazil, 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 develop a method to evaluate the cost effectiveness of these interventions in road safety based on a reduced set of parameters and evaluate under what conditions of free flow speed, traffic volume and number of injury accidents each intervention is cost-effective. Results show that the cost-benefit ratio of the speed reducing devices strongly depends on the accident rate and that the greater the accident rate and the lower the traffic volume are, more cost effective the devices are. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/17753-9 - Cost-benefit analysis of conventional and "electronic speed humps" in Brazil |
| Grantee: | Florian Immanuel Schumacher |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |