Getting Started With RSAP

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Getting Started With RSAP

RSAPv3 is comprised of a series of data entry and data storage Excel worksheets and the RSAP Controls Dialog  box.   Data is entered and displayed through a series of Worksheets.   The tabs in the RSAP Controls Dialog  box are set up in the order that is easiest to use although data can be entered in any order.   The program starts with the Project Information Worksheet.   When all the information is entered in each worksheet a button will appear that takes you to the next appropriate worksheet.   The tabs on the controls dialog box and the associated Worksheets are:



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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:10.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:10.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The work-flow process for preforming an analysis follows the same order as the Worksheets and the RSAP Controls Dialog Scribble6 Box provides a step-by-step walk through the data entry and analysis process. Correctly entering data into RSAPv3 is essential to achieving accurate results. The cost-effectiveness procedure implemented in RSAPv3 generates a Benefit-Cost ratio for roadside design alternatives under consideration. The agency costs for each alternative (i.e, construction, maintenance, right-of-way, etc.) are entered, the crash costs for each alternative are determined by RSAPv3. The alternatives' Benefit-Cost ratios are then compared to determine the preferred alternative. The crash cost of each alternative is determined by (1) estimating the Encroachment frequency of homogeneous segments of a project; (2) adjusting the Encroachment frequency to account for variations from base conditions; (3) determining the probability that Encroachments will result in roadside crashes; and (4) determining the likely crash cost of the roadside crashes. Much of this analysis relies on data which is stored within RSAPv3, however, the project specific data (i.e., agency costs, highway characteristics, alternative roadside deigns, etc.) are entered for each analysis. The following sections discuss setting up the project and preparing the data for analysis, entering the data, conducting the analysis, preparing the report and interpreting the results. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">