Deer-Vehicle Crash, Ecological and Economic Impacts of Reduced Roadside Mowing

The objectives of this task order are as follows: (1) Review and summarize the research focused on the ecological, economic and safety impacts of reduced roadside mowing policies; (2) Define and document the "typical" roadside vegetation management policies currently applied in the United States; (3) Investigate and quantify the potential Animal-Vehicle Crash (AVC) and/or Deer-Vehicle Crash (DVC) safety-related impacts of reduced roadside mowing policies in comparison to "typical" or more frequent mowing practices; and (4) Produce a report that describes the "best practices" in the area of roadside vegetation management and decision-making guidelines.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $115295.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTFH61-05-D-00019 TA

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Planning, Environment and Realty (HEP)
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Gray, Mary

• Performing Organizations:

  ICF Incorporated LLC

  9300 Lee Highway
  Fairfax, VA  United States  22031
• Principal Investigators:

  Grant, Michael

• Start Date: 20090917
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110316
• Source Data: RiP Project 24578

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Animal vehicle crashes; Best practices; Decision making; Deer; Economic impacts; Guidelines; Habitat (Ecology); Mowing; Research projects; Roadside; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deer-vehicle collisions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01461775
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-05-D-00019 TA
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:52PM