ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PRACTICE IN SELECTION AND DESIGN OF URBAN MEDIANS TO BENEFIT PEDESTRIANS
It is known that medians are an effective method of increasing vehicular safety and capacity on urban and suburban arterials. Medians can provide an additional lane for through traffic by removing left-turning vehicles from the traffic stream. Medians are also considered to be beneficial to pedestrian safety and operations, but their actual effects are unknown. The partial results of a study sponsored by FHWA are presented. A literature search and a state-of-the-practice survey regarding the effectiveness of alternative median designs and the availability of warrants, guidelines, and criteria for median installations in counties, cities, and states are summarized. The impact of median design on pedestrian safety is emphasized. The results are applicable to urban and suburban locations.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1445, Cross Section and Alinement Design Issues. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Bowman, Brian L
- Vecellio, Robert L
- Publication Date: 1994
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 180-188
- Monograph Title: Cross section and alinement design issues
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1445
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cities; Counties; Guidelines; Guides to the literature; Highway design; Literature reviews; Measures of effectiveness; Medians; Pedestrian safety; State of the art studies; States; Suburbs; Traffic safety; Urban areas; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00675345
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309060516
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 20 1995 12:00AM