Greg G. Chen

Manage Traffic Speed, Save Money and Lives

Evaluation of the Photo Radar Program in British Columbia, Canada

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study assesses the photo radar program, a world- wide emerging but controversial automated police traffic speed enforcement program, as it was implemented in British Columbia. The study is composed of three parts: a macro assessment of the overall impact of the programs on speed and safety, a site-specific study to estimate localized effects and verify the validity of the province-wide study, and a cost-benefit analysis to quantify its economic impact. The study reveals that BC photo radar program was implemented through an extensive publicity campaign and a deployment of 30 photo radar units across the province. At the photo radar deployment sites the proportion of speeding vehicles decreased from 60% to 29%. The program reduced 2,220 collision injuries and 79 fatalities across the province. These numbers represent 14% and 26% reductions in traffic injuries and fatalities respectively. The site-specific analysis of the program corroborated the results of the province- wide study. The cost-benefit analysis concludes that the program produced a net benefit of close to $120 million dollars per year from the societal perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639205817
• ISBN-10: 3639205812
• Artikelnr.: 27316780

Autorenporträt

Professor Greg Guangyu Chen earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration. He has a M.A. in Educational Administration and a M. Eng. in Metallurgical Engineering. Professor Chen assumed significant policy and management positions in Canadian government and engineering and chief educator roles in China before taking Professorship in New York.