IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF REMEDIAL AID SYSTEMS FOR PASSING MANEUVERS ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS-VOLUME II

THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY PROBLEMS ARE DESCRIBED ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS AND IDENTIFIED AS THE RESULT OF AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY, TRAFFIC, VEHICLE, DRIVER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS AFFECTING OVERTAKING AND PASSING IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC FLOW AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. IN ADDITION, ALTERNATE GENERAL CLASSES OF REMEDIATION FOR PASSING MANEUVERS WHICH COULD INCREASE SAFETY AND SERVICE VOLUME ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS ARE DETERMINED AND MATCHED WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PARAMETERS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No 1-201, 92 PP, 12 FIG, 13 TAB, 95 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cassel, A
  • Janoff, M S
• Publication Date: 1969-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Motorist aid systems; Passing; Reviews; Rural highways; Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Two lane highways
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225613
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 16 1970 12:00AM