SUMMARY REPORT OF THE SIGNIFICANT POINTS FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC FIELD STUDIES

A DESCRIPTION IS PRESENTED OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TEAM STUDY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES. THE COMMENTS FROM THE INTERVIEWS AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE FORM THE BASIS FOR THE MATERIAL PRESENTED IN THIS SUMMARY REPORT. THE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED INTO SEVEN BROAD CATEGORIES PERTAINING TO HIGHWAY VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS. A SUBJECT TITLE APPEARS AT THE TOP OF EACH PAGE. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE REPORT IS A CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO ROADWAY FUNCTION. A CODE, CONSISTING OF THE LETTERS F, A, AND T, HAS BEEN USED TO DESIGNATE FREEWAY, ARTERIAL, AND TWO-LANE FACILITIES. SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ARE PERTINENT TO ALL THREE TYPES OF FACILITIES, WHEREAS OTHERS ARE AREAS OF CONCERN FOR TWO, AND OCCASIONALLY ONE. THIS CODING SYSTEM HAS BEEN INCORPORATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDIENT METHOD OF REVIEWING THE MATERIAL CONTAINED WITHIN THE REPORT. THIS WILL ENABLE AN INDIVIDUAL CONCERNED WITH ONLY ONE CLASSIFICATION OF ROADWAY SYSTEM TO LOCATE READILY THE TOPICS PERTINENT TO HIS PARTICULAR AREA OF INTEREST. THE REPORT IS SUBDIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS, MAKING OPTIMUM USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HIGHWAY ENVIRONMENT TO ILLUSTRATE THE POINTS BEING MADE: (1) DRIVER EXPECTANCY, (2) DESIGN, (3) SIGNING, (4) PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND MARKERS, (5) DELINEATION, (6) ROADWAY LIGHTING, AND (7) TRAFFIC SIGNALS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Woods, D L
  • Rowan, N J
  • JOHNSON, J H
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Coding systems; Communication systems; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Drivers; Highway delineators; Highways; Information dissemination; Interviewing; Photographs; Questionnaires; Road markings; Signs; Street lighting; Traffic signals; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway classification
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding; Delineators (Traffic); Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224944
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 6 1970 12:00AM