Project Description

Highway fatalities in UTRC Region II fell steadily from the 1970s through the 1990s, but levels have since rebounded slightly and have remained flat for more than a decade. The stagnation in progress on fatalities has been attributed by some analysts to the prevalence of light trucks, such as SUVs, on American roads. Because light trucks are taller, heavier, and more rigid than cars, they pose greater danger to the occupants of cars, as well as to pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists.

Speeding – exceeding posted speed limits, driving too fast for conditions or racing – is the leading contributing factor in fatal motor vehicle accidents in NY State. More than 34 percent of all fatal accidents were due to unsafe speed in 2009 (Summary of Motor Vehicle Accidents, NY State Department of Motor Vehicles, 2009).

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The Lighting Research Center (LRC) proposes to develop a combination of an energy efficient LED streetlight and a road surface treatment that will reduce sky glow light pollution and increase visibility of objects in the road.

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Project Objective

The main product from the project is a tool by which NYSDOT and NYCDOT can quantify NRD, for specific locations and corridors and for the City in total. The tool has to predict NRD in a way that tracks to the causal factors: for example, the type of incident, location, weather conditions, v/c (volume-to-capacity) ratio, LOS (level of service), vehicle speeds, number of lanes and ramps involved, etc.