Traffic Engineering Handbook

Traffic Engineering Handbook

Author: ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1118762304

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Get a complete look into modern traffic engineering solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is a newly revised text that builds upon the reputation as the go-to source of essential traffic engineering solutions that this book has maintained for the past 70 years. The updated content reflects changes in key industry standards, and shines a spotlight on the needs of all users, the design of context-sensitive roadways, and the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. Additionally, this resource features a new organizational structure that promotes a more functionally-driven, multimodal approach to planning, designing, and implementing transportation solutions. A branch of civil engineering, traffic engineering concerns the safe and efficient movement of people and goods along roadways. Traffic flow, road geometry, sidewalks, crosswalks, cycle facilities, shared lane markings, traffic signs, traffic lights, and moreā€”all of these elements must be considered when designing public and private sector transportation solutions. Explore the fundamental concepts of traffic engineering as they relate to operation, design, and management Access updated content that reflects changes in key industry-leading resources, such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), AASSHTO Policy on Geometric Design, Highway Safety Manual (HSM), and Americans with Disabilities Act Understand the current state of the traffic engineering field Leverage revised information that homes in on the key topics most relevant to traffic engineering in today's world, such as context-sensitive roadways and sustainable transportation solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is an essential text for public and private sector transportation practitioners, transportation decision makers, public officials, and even upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who are studying transportation engineering.


Roundabouts

Roundabouts

Author: Lee August Rodegerdts

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0309155118

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 672: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide - Second Edition explores the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of roundabouts. The report also addresses issues that may be useful in helping to explain the trade-offs associated with roundabouts. This report updates the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, based on experience gained in the United States since that guide was published in 2000.


Low-cost Safety Enhancements for Stop-controlled and Signalized Intersections

Low-cost Safety Enhancements for Stop-controlled and Signalized Intersections

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13:

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"The purpose of this document is to present information on suggested effective, low-cost intersection countermeasures developed using intersection safety research results and input from an intersection safety expert panel. These low-cost countermeasures can be applied to a large number of intersections with a high frequency of crashes using a systematic approach. The net impact of such an approach can produce significant reductions in statewide intersection crashes, fatalities, and serious injuries. Low-cost countermeasures are defined as those ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 per intersection"--Page 4


Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strategies at Stop-controlled Intersections

Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strategies at Stop-controlled Intersections

Author: Thanh Le

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Technical summary of the FHA report FHWA-HRT-17-086 program that studied the safety performance of various stop-controlled intersections for the Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study. This study evaluated the safety effectiveness of multiple low-cost treatments at stop-controlled intersections.


Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strategies at Stop-controlled Intersections

Safety Evaluation of Multiple Strategies at Stop-controlled Intersections

Author: Thanh Le (Highway engineer)

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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The Development of Crash Modification Factors program studied the safety performance of various stop-controlled intersections for the Evaluation of Low-Cost Safety Improvements Pooled Fund Study. This study evaluated the safety effectiveness of multiple low-cost treatments at stop-controlled intersections. Improvements included basic signing and pavement markings. This strategy is intended to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes at stop-controlled intersections by alerting drivers to the presence and type of approaching intersection. Geometric, traffic, and crash data were obtained at three- and four-legged, two- and four-lane major road, and urban and rural stop-controlled intersections in South Carolina. To account for potential selection bias and regression to the mean, an empirical Bayesian before-after analysis was conducted, using reference groups of untreated intersections with similar characteristics to the treated sites. The analysis also controlled for changes in traffic volumes throughout time and time trends in crash counts unrelated to the treatments. The aggregate results indicate reductions for all crash types analyzed (i.e., total, fatal and injury, rear-end, right-angle, and nighttime). The reductions are statistically significant at the 95-percent confidence level for all crash types. For all crash types combined, the crash modification factors (CMFs) are 0.917 for all severities and 0.899 for fatal and injury crashes. The CMFs for rear-end, right-angle, and nighttime crashes are 0.933, 0.941, and 0.853, respectively. The benefit-cost ratio estimated with conservative cost and service life assumptions is 12.4 to 1 for total crashes at unsignalized intersections. The results suggest that the multiple low-cost treatments, even with conservative assumptions on cost, service life, and the value of a statistical life, can be cost effective.


Safety Evaluation of Restricted Crossing U-turn Intersection

Safety Evaluation of Restricted Crossing U-turn Intersection

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13:

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This document is a technical summary of the Federal Highway Administration report Development of a Crash Modification Factor for Signalized RCUTs (FHWA-HRT-17-082). This research examined the safety impacts of replacing a traditional signalized intersection with a signalized restricted crossing U-turn intersection (RCUT). An RCUT is defined as a three-approach or four-approach intersection where minor street left-turn and through movements (if any) are rerouted to one-way downstream U-turn crossovers. The objective was to estimate the safety effectiveness of this strategy as measured by crash frequency. The primary measures examined were based on total crashes and fatal and injury crashes. A further objective was to conduct a spatial patterns analysis, assessing notable clusters of crashes, as well as changes to crash types and day/night between the before and after periods.