Assessing speed enforcement policy measures by analyzing multi sustainability criteria

F. Van Malderen, C. Macharis, K. Putman

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Abstract

Sustainability assessment is generally used to identify the unsustainable effects of policy measures, such as sustainable transport policy strategies. Still, sustainability effects of road traffic safety policy measures are insufficiently studied. This paper will assess the sustainability of speed enforcement policy measures on highways. A multicriteria evaluation framework, containing social, economic and environmental assessment criteria, evaluates different speed enforcement policy alternatives. The framework determines how the policy alternatives meet the criteria, ranking the policy alternatives according to their sustainability. Results show that intelligent speed enforcement strategies are more sustainable than automatic and manned speed enforcement strategies. Multicriteria analyses have proved to be very useful for assessing sustainability. They provide compromise solutions for conflicting objectives.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUrban Transport XVII - Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century
PublisherWIT Press
Pages689-700
Number of pages <span style="color:red"p> <font size="1.5"> ✽ </span> </font>12
ISBN (Print)9781845645205
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2011
Event17th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment - UT 2011 - Pisa, Italy
Duration: 6 Jun 20118 Jun 2011

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on the Built Environment
Volume116
ISSN (Print)1743-3509

Conference

Conference17th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment - UT 2011
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period6/06/118/06/11

Keywords

  • Multicriteria analysis
  • Speed enforcement
  • Sustainability assessment

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