HIGHWAY AS ENVIRONMENT

SEVERAL METHODS TO DETERMINE AND EVALUATE TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED THAT MAY HAVE APPLICATION IN THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF PROPOSED HIGHWAYS AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING FACILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE ENVIRONMENT. DATA ON DRIVER RESPONSE TO VISUAL FEATURES HAS BEEN RECORDED. THIS INFORMATION LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL-MAKING AND A PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE THAT MIGHT BE USED TO TEST DESIGN PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVED SAFETY, SERVICEABILITY AND THE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. IN CONNECTION WITH THE MODEL, FILMS CAN BE DEVELOPED TO BETTER INFORM THE PUBLIC AND GET THEIR REACTION OPINION. CASE STUDIES OF FOUR HIGHWAY TYPES, (1) LIMITED ACCESS FREEWAY, (2) URBAN ARTERIAL, (3) RURAL ARTERIAL WITH COMMERCIAL STRIP DEVELOPMENT, AND (4) RURAL SCENIC SECONDARY ROADS TO BE DEVELOPED PRIMARILY FOR RECREATIONAL DRIVING, WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THE FEATURES SIGNIFICANT IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITIES FOR THE HIGHWAY USER, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THE COMMUNITY. PROPOSED DESIGN CHANGES AND CONTROLS ARE OUTLINED. A SCENIC AND RECREATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY IS OUTLINED. A FILM WAS PREPARED TO TEST THE POTENTIALITIES OF COMPUTER TECHNIQUES FOR HIGHWAY LOCATION AND DESIGN. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 122-3, Hpr-PR-1(5)
• Corporate Authors:

  Yale University

  New Haven, CT  United States  06520

  Connecticut Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Highways, 24 Wolcott Hill Road, P.O. Drawer A
  Wethersfield, CT  United States  06109

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Development; Drivers; Environment; Environmental impacts; Facilities; Freeways; Highway design; Highway safety; Highways; Improvements; Information processing; Location; Methodology; Photography; Reaction time; Recreational roads; Rural highways; Scenic highways; Serviceability; Streets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Highway location; Model tests; Scenery
• Old TRIS Terms: Commercial; Photographic methods; Strip
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224934
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 20 1970 12:00AM