Safety of U-turns at Unsignalized Median Openings
Safety of U-turns at Unsignalized Median Openings

Author: Ingrid B. Potts

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0309088054

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"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 524: Safety of U-Turns at Unsignalized Median Openings includes recommended guidelines for locating and designing unsignalized median openings, and a methodology for comparing the relative safety performance of different designs"--Publisher's description.

Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations
Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations

Author: Marcus Brewer

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 0309223598

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RB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 432: Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations reviews and summarizes roadway geometric design literature completed and published from 2001 through early 2011, particularly research that identified impacts on safety and operations.

Passing Sight Distance Criteria
Passing Sight Distance Criteria

Author: Douglas W. Harwood

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 0309099277

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At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Freight Data Cost Elements
Freight Data Cost Elements

Author: José Holguín-Veras

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0309258995

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"TRB's National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 22: Freight Data Cost Elements identifies the specific types of direct freight transportation cost data elements required for public investment, policy, and regulatory decisionmaking. The report also describes and assesses different strategies for identifying and obtaining the needed cost data elements"--Publisher's description.

State of the Practice in Highway Access Management
State of the Practice in Highway Access Management

Author: Jerome S. Gluck

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 0309143055

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This synthesis reports how various agencies have acted on the various components of an access management program, what have been barriers to action, and how new efforts might improve implementation of access management strategies. Primary focus areas considered are legal and legislative bases, contents of policies and programs, implementation aspects, reported effectiveness of program implementation, and profiles of contemporary practice. This synthesis reports on the state of the practice with respect to planning, highway design, development review and permitting, and other focus areas where access management is typically incorporated. The emphasis is placed on states, but counties, municipalities, and metropolitan planning organizations are also considered.

Evaluation of Pavement Friction Characteristics
Evaluation of Pavement Friction Characteristics

Author: John Jewett Henry

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780309068741

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This synthesis report will be of interest to pavement design, construction, management, and research engineers, highway safety officials, and others concerned with pavement friction characteristics. It describes the current state of the practice and discusses the methods used for evaluating wet pavement friction characteristics of new and restored pavements. This synthesis reviews models used for measuring and evaluating friction and texture, causes for friction changes over time, and aggregate and mix design to provide adequate friction. Also presented are construction and surface restoration practices for providing good pavement surface characteristics. In addition, considerations of noise and ride quality are discussed when compromise may be required.

Integrated Safety Management Process
Integrated Safety Management Process

Author: Geni Bahar

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0309087708

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Rising awareness of and increased attention to sexual harassment has resulted in momentum to implement sexual harassment prevention efforts in higher education institutions. Work on preventing sexual harassment is an area that has recently garnered a lot of attention, especially around education and programs that go beyond the standard anti-sexual harassment trainings often used to comply with legal requirements. On April 20-21, 2021, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted the workshop Developing Evaluation Metrics for Sexual Harassment Prevention Efforts. The workshop explored approaches and strategies for evaluating and measuring the effectiveness of sexual harassment interventions being implemented at higher education institutions and research and training sites, in order to assist institutions in transforming promising ideas into evidence-based best practices. Workshop participants also addressed methods, metrics, and measures that could be used to evaluate sexual harassment prevention efforts that lead to change in the organizational climate and culture and/or a change in behavior among community members. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.