EVALUATION OF MINOR IMPROVEMENTS: PART 6, SIGNS
THIS INVESTIGATION EVALUATED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SPECIFIC SIGN INSTALLATIONS IN REDUCING REPORTED ACCIDENTS. THE BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY METHOD WAS USED TO EVALUATE 34 SIGN INSTALLATIONS. ACCIDENT PREDICTIVE METHODS WERE INVESTIGATED FOR CURVE WARNING, ADVISORY SPEED, SPECIAL COMBINATION ADVISORY SPEED, AND 4-WAY STOP SIGN INSTALLATIONS. SINCE THE COSTS OF THE SIGNS ARE VERY SMALL, THIS KIND OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAN BE MADE AT BARGAIN RATES. /AUTHOR/
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Corporate Authors:
California Division Highways
/Traffic Department
, United States -
Authors:
- Hammer, C G
- Publication Date: 1968-5
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Costs; Crash rates; Curves (Geometry); Highway safety; Multiway stop signs; Reduction (Chemistry); Signs; Speed; Warning signs
- Old TRIS Terms: Four way stop signs; Reduction
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225387
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 42 pp
- Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Oct 14 1994 12:00AM