HIGHWAY ENHANCEMENTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND MOBILITY OF OLDER ROAD USERS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

As the number and proportion of older road users in the United States increases, there is a special urgency to improve their safety and mobility. This paper directs attention to the highway modifications that can make an immediate difference. The modifications suggested are only those that are considered to be possible from a cost standpoint. The priorities for application of the recommendations in this paper are: new construction; reconstruction of current facilities; regularly scheduled maintenance activities and spot treatments where crashes have occurred; and other demonstrated safety problem-solving or locally desired proactive approaches. The highway improvements in this paper represent a subset of the practices recommended in the Federal Highway Administration's "Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians."

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• Authors:
  • Staplin, Loren
• Conference:
  • Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of Experience
  • Location: Bethesda Maryland, United States
  • Date: 1999-11-7 to 1999-11-9
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 155-166
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION IN AN AGING SOCIETY: A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE. TECHNICAL PAPERS AND REPORTS FROM A CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 7-9, 1999, BETHESDA, MARYLAND
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 27
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Aged drivers; Highway design; Highway safety; Improvements; Mobility
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00974949
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309077451
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 25 2004 12:00AM