INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR EXITING AT INTERCHANGE

THIS REPORT IS CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING MEASURES OF A DRIVERS INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS AT INTERCHANGE. USING BOTH AN AUTOMOBILE SIMULATOR AND FIELD TESTS FOR A SERIES OF STUDIES, THE EFFECT OF 1 TO 4 PIECES OF INFORMATION (IL) AS A FUNCTION OF INFORMATION LEAD DISTANCE (ILD) WERE MEASURED. INFORMATION PRESENTATION TIME (IPT) WAS ALSO VARIED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ILD OF 1/2 MI. IS OPTIMAL AND A VIEWING TIME OF 5 SECONDS IS ADEQUATE FOR PRESENT SIGN CONTENT. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Adm, Cpr-11-2808, 3333-037
• Corporate Authors:

  HRB-Singer Incorporated

  P.O. Box 60, Science Park
  State College, PA  United States  16801

  Pennsylvania Department of Highways

  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA  United States  17120-0095

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Mace, D J
  • Hostetter, R S
  • Seguin, E L
• Publication Date: 1967-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distance; Field tests; Information dissemination; Interchange ramps; Interchanges; Intersection elements; Lead time; Signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway entrances and exits
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224903
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1994 12:00AM