Managing Speed
Managing Speed

Author:

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780309065023

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TRB Special Report 254 - Managing Speed: Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits reviews practices for setting and enforcing speed limits on all types of roads and provides guidance to state and local governments on appropriate methods of setting speed limits and related enforcement strategies. Following an executive summary, the report is presented in six chapters and five appendices.

Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems
Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems

Author: John L. Campbell

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0309258162

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"This report completes and updates the first edition of NCHRP Report 600: Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems (HFG), which was published previously in three collections. The HFG contains guidelines that provide human factors principles and findings for consideration by, and is a resource document for, highway designers, traffic engineers, and other safety practitioners."--Foreword.

Freeway Management Handbook
Freeway Management Handbook

Author: James D. Carvell

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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This handbook is an update of the 1983 edition and reflects the tremendous developments in computing and communications technology. It also reflects the importance of "Integrated" Transportation Management Systems and the development of the concept of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). The handbook development began with a survey of current practice, including site visits and interviews, of ten Freeway Management Systems throughout the country. It was developed under the advice of a panel of freeway management practitioners. The 1997 edition is organized in modular fashion with each module addressing a particular aspect or technology of the freeway management task. The modules are stand-alone treatments of particular areas of freeway management but are cross-referenced to reflect their interdependence