The Cost Benefit Analysis of level crossing safety measure
BEN AOUN ; EL-KOURSI ; LEMAIRE
Type de document
COMMUNICATION AVEC ACTES INTERNATIONAL (ACTI)
Langue
anglais
Auteur
BEN AOUN ; EL-KOURSI ; LEMAIRE
Résumé / Abstract
Even though the general safety level of rail transport is quite satisfactory compared to road transport, a problem still persists : level crossings (LCs). The fact is that the road users' behavior plays a large part in accidents in the sense where most of them do not occur following a failure of the railway system but are due to individuals' behavior. Knowing this, the Rail Optimization Safety Analysis (ROSA) project intends to identify several safety measures through a cost benefit analysis (CBA) in order to enhance the safety level at LCs on the French and German railway systems. The choice of leading a CBA is not random. Indeed, it allows the comparison between all the possible alternatives to make the decision makers able to invest in the most profitable safety measure. However, it is very difficult to include all the effects of all the possible safety options. This is why the results have to be interpreted with caution.
Editeur
Wessex Institute of technology
