Roadside Design Guide

Roadside Design Guide

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Publisher: Amer Assn of State Hwy

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781560510314

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This document presents a synthesis of current information and operating practices related to roadside safety and is developed in metric units. The roadside is defined as that area beyond the traveled way (driving lanes) and the shoulder (if any) of the roadway itself. The focus of this guide is on safety treatments that minimize the likelihood of serious injuries when a driver runs off the road. This guide replaces the 1989 AASHTO "Roadside Design Guide."


Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-rail Grade Crossings, 2009

Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-rail Grade Crossings, 2009

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Published: 2009

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 9780309142519

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TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2122 includes 10 papers that explore the effectiveness of dynamic speed display signs in transition zones of rural highways; alternative procedures for setting curve advisory speed; improving signing from the installation perspective; advance warning signals; traffic control device guidelines for horizontal curves; path guidance for work zones at freeway interchanges; traffic sign luminance and text size; highway-rail grade crossing collisions; driver behavior at highway-railroad crossings; and stop sign treatments at highway-railroad grade crossings.


Light Rail Service

Light Rail Service

Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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This report provides documentation and presents the results of a study to improve the safety of light rail transit (LRT) in semiexclusive rights-of-way where light rail vehicles operate at speeds greater than 35 mph through crossings with streets and pedestrians pathways. This report also presents the results of field tests conducted to improve the safety of higher speed LRT systems through grade crossing design.


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.


Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-rail Grade Crossings, 2010

Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-rail Grade Crossings, 2010

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780309142809

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"This issue contains 13 papers that are concerned with traffic control devices, visibility, and highway-rail grade crossings. Specific topics discussed include the following: school traffic control devices; speed control at rural intersections; innovation in temporary pedestrian signing; chevrons with full retroreflective signposts on rural horizontal curves; protected-permissive left-turn signal control; reducing speed with converging chevron pavement markings on freeway ramps; rumble strips; pedestrian countdown signals influence on vehicle speed; dynamic emergency vehicle warning sign impact on driver behavior; dilemma zone driver behavior; internally versus externally illuminated on-premise signs; impacts of highway-rail grade crossings on surface mobility; and speed reduction profiles affecting vehicle interactions at level crossings with no trains."--pub. desc.