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ROSEBUD
Road Safety and Environmental Benefit-Cost and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Use in Decision-Making
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| Domain | Policy Assessment and Tools |
| Duration | from 10/2002 until 09/2005 |
| Website | http://partnet.vtt.fi/rosebud/ |
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ROSEBUD is a thematic network of the European Commission headed by the Federal Highway Research Institute and intended to rate the efficiency of traffic safety measures. Its participants comprise 14 institutions from 13 EU and non-EU nations as well as further experts and users.
ROSEBUD has the following objectives:
- to determine the current knowledge base available for evaluating the profitability of traffic safety measures
- to prepare proposals for surmounting obstacles and barriers in the way of such evaluations
- to advance existing techniques of evaluating traffic safety measures,
- to test/plan the implementation of evaluation techniques at the European level.
- In view of limited public funds and ever greater challenges posed to a reduction in the number and consequences of traffic accidents, a monetary evaluation of traffic safety projects constitutes an important instrument for facilitating crucial decision-making by the European Community when it comes to traffic. It maximizes efficiency and effectiveness in utilizing public funds to achieve agreed objectives.
ROSEBUD merges internationally available knowledge and experience gathered in the application of monetary evaluation techniques by scientists, politicians and practitioners, thus providing the user with information essential for a fulfillment of objectives.
