GETTING THE MOST FROM CITY STREETS

TRAFFIC DELAYS AND CONGESTION ARE THE PRICE THAT CITIES ARE PAYING FOR INEFFICIENT STREET AND HIGHWAY OPERATION. SOUND TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MEASURES MUST BE APPLIED TO ANALYSIS OF: SPOT LOCATIONS, ROUTES AND SYSTEMS, AND CITYWIDE PROGRAMS. STREET CLASSIFICATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCIDENT RECORDS ARE EMPHASIZED. THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT STREET CAPACITY IS BEING INCREASED AND TRAFFIC FLOW IMPROVED IN CITIES OF ALL SIZES THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF MODERN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING MEASURES. HOWEVER, SOLUTION ALSO REQUIRES SOUND, UNIFORM LAWS AND ORDINANCES, EFFECTIVELY ENFORCED BY THE POLICE AND THE COURTS, AS WELL AS HIGH- STANDARD PROGRAMS OF SAFETY EDUCATION, INCLUDING DRIVER EDUCATION AND STRONG PROGRAMS OF DRIVER LICENSING AND DRIVING IMPROVEMENT. IMPROVED VEHICLE SAFETY, A BALANCED APPROACH IN WHICH ALL BRANCHES AND LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES, IS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF EXISTING STREETS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC    20418
• Authors:
  • Sessions, G
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Classification; Driver licensing; Driver training; Highway capacity; Highway operations; Highway safety; Roads; Routes; Streets; Traffic; Traffic congestion; Traffic delays; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow; Traffic regulations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway classification; Traffic analysis; Traffic laws
• Old TRIS Terms: Existing roads
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225348
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: pp 1-46
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 12 1994 12:00AM