NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHWAY COMMUNICATIONS DENVER, COLORADO, AUGUST 1967. SUMMARY REPORT

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHWAY COMMUNICATION FOR SERVICE AND SAFETY WAS PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE SPONSORS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIALS, AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY FOUNDATION AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON HIGHWAY COMMUNICATION, TO DEFINE COMMUNICATION NEEDS, AND TO CONSIDER WAYS OF MEETING THEM EFFECTIVELY. THE PROGRAM WAS ORGANIZED TO EXAMINE THE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS THAT COMPRISE HIGHWAY COMMUNICATIONS. AFTER THE FACTS WERE PRESENTED, WORKSHOP GROUPS REPRESENTING HIGHWAY OFFICIALS, POLICE OFFICIALS, ROAD USERS AND HIGHWAY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, EVALUATED THE INFORMATION AND PRESENTED REPORTS PROVIDING GROUP CONSENSUS AND CURRENT THINKING REGARDING HIGHWAY COMMUNICATIONS. IT WAS FURTHER RECOMMENDED BY THE USER GROUP THAT, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, PROVISIONS FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DURING PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION FOR NEW HIGHWAYS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Automotive Safety Foundation

  1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1968-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Communications; Conferences; Evaluation; Highway design; Highway planning; Highway safety; Highways; Improvements; Road construction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219963
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 25 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 22 1994 12:00AM