IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS FOR PASSING MANEUVERS ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS - VOLS 1-5

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE PARAMETERS AFFECTING THE OVERTAKING AND PASSING MANEUVER ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS, TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS AND DEVICES TO FACILITATE PASSING MANEUVERS ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS AND TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS. THE STUDY INCLUDED INVESTIGATION INTO THE AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROMECHANICAL REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS, THEIR COSTS, EFFECTS ON TRAFFIC FLOW--INCLUDING VOLUME AND ACCIDENTS--AND BENEFIT/COST RATIOS OF ALTERNATIVE REMEDIAL AIDS. THE RESEARCH FOR THIS STUDY IS REPORTED IN DETAIL IN FIVE VOLUMES, EACH OF THE LAST FOUR ARE SUMMARIZED IN THE FIRST VOLUME. VOLUME II DESCRIBES THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY PROBLEMS ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS AND IDENTIFIES THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PARAMETERS AFFECTING TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY DURING OVERTAKING AND PASSING. VOLUME III REPORTS A STATE-OF-ART REVIEW OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION TO DETERMINE IF ANY OF THESE SYSTEMS WERE DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO THE PASSING SITUATION. VOLUME IV DESCRIBES A COMPUTER SIMULATION OF A TWO-LANE RURAL ROAD WHICH WAS DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND USED TO EVALUATE THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY BENEFITS OF ELECTRONIC OR ELECTROMECHANICAL REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS FOR PASSING MANEUVERS. VOLUME V DESCRIBES AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY ARE GIVEN. /BPR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Franklin Institute

  20th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19103

  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:
  • Cassel, A
  • Janoff, M S
  • Amos, W E
• Publication Date: 1969-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic analysis; Electronic equipment; Information processing; Motor vehicles; Passing; Rural highways; State of the art studies; Traffic crashes; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Traffic simulation; Traffic surveys; Traffic volume; Two lane highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Electromechanical devices; Traffic studies
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic devices; Remedies
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224919
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Report/Paper Numbers: CPR-11-4193 Tech Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM