CHANNELIZATION OF MOTOR TRAFFIC

THE MOTOR CAR PROVIDES GREAT INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, RANGE AND FLEXIBILITY OF MOVEMENT. MANY MILLIONS OF THESE MOTOR VEHICLES ARE OPERATED, AT HIGH SPEEDS, ALONG A MULTIPLICITY OF INTERSECTING ROADWAY. ALTHOUGH MOST DRIVERS, BOTH AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL, HAVE ACQUIRED SURPRISING SKILL, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND CONGESTION HAVE BECOME MAJOR PUBLIC PROBLEMS. CHANNELIZATION PROCEEDS ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY AND EFFICIENT ROADWAY USE ARE EACH NECESSARY TO, AND FUNCTIONS OF, THE OTHER AND THAT BOTH ARE PRODUCTS OF ORDER. BY CONFINING MOVEMENTS OF VEHICLES TO DEFINITE LANES, CHANNELIZATION AVOIDS OR REDUCES DISORDERS ARISING FROM CONFLICTING MOVEMENTS. IN PART, TOO, IT ACCOMPLISHES ITS PURPOSES BY SIMPLIFICATIONS TO WHICH DRIVERS RESPOND NATURALLY. IT UTILIZES THE SKILL AND ABILITY OF DRIVERS AS A WHOLE AND, TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT, PREVENTS OR NEUTRALIZES FAULTY DRIVING. THE RESULT IS A SELF-REGULATED FLOW WHICH INSURES ORDERLY OPERATION OF VEHICLES BY DRIVERS AS INDIVIDUALS AND BY GROUPS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper No 2107, VOL 65, PP 1649-1673
• Authors:
  • Kelcey, G
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Transactions
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Highway travel; Motor skills; Motor vehicles; Traffic congestion; Traffic crashes; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Channelization
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227123
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:13PM