INTERSECTION AND SIGN ILLUMINATION FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE FINDINGS OF A SERIES OF STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF ILLUMINATION AT INTERSECTIONS. THE MAJOR WORK INVOLVED THE USE OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT LIGHTING SET UPS AT A COMPLEX RURAL INTERSECTION. THE RESEARCHER MADE USE OF A SCALED MODEL TO STUDY VARIOUS LIGHTING ARRANGEMENTS. TRAFFIC OPERATION, ILLUMINATION, AND GSR STUDIES WERE MADE ON A FULL SCALE INSTALLATION. THE EFFECT OF ILLUMINATION ON SIGNING LEGIBILITY WAS ALSO EXPLORED. /BPR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Corporate Authors:
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
Arlington, TX United States 76011 -
Authors:
- Keese, C J
- Cleveland, D E
- Publication Date: 1965-10
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Highway operations; Intersections; Legibility; Light; Lighting equipment; Ratios; Rural areas; Signs; Traffic; Utilization
- Uncontrolled Terms: Model tests
- Old TRIS Terms: Gsr studies; Scale (Ratio)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00219654
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 1 1994 12:00AM