EFFECTIVENESS OF FREEWAY SIGN FORMATS

AN ATTEMPT IS DOCUMENTED TO VALIDATE THE SIGN TESTER DEVELOPED DURING AN EARLIER PHASE OF THIS RESEARCH. THE VALIDATION STUDY CONSISTED OF COMPARING THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM A BEFORE AND AFTER FIELD STUDY OF A SIGN CHANGE WITH DATA OBTAINED FROM THE LABORATORY SIGN TESTER SIMULATING A SIMILAR SIGNING CHANGE. THE COMPARISON DID NOT VALIDATE THE DEVICE. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, Study IDENT NO C-3-5, BPR NO 4532-043
• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

  ,    

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Freeways; Testing; Testing equipment; Traffic signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway signs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224885
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 23 1994 12:00AM