TIME-SAVING METHODS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING - CHAPTER 11: TRAFFIC ENGINEERING (MANAGEMENT OF TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, ETC.)

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESPONSES TO FIVE QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL AND OPERATIONS ARE PRESENTED IN A TABLE AND IN A QUESTION-BY-QUESTION SUMMARY. THE QUESTIONS DEAL WITH TRAFFIC FIELD STUDIES, MECHANIZED COMPUTING PROCEDURES, USE OF STANDARD TABLES OR VALUES, STATISTICAL CONTROL, AND MISCELLANEOUS TIME-SAVING DEVELOPMENTS. DEVICES AND PROCEDURES OF SPECIAL NOTE INCLUDE: RUBBER STAMPS DEPICTING HIGHWAY SIGNS FOR DRAFTING, SIGNING AND PAVEMENT MARKING IN CONSTRUCTION PLANS, FORMS FOR SIGN CHANGE ORDERS, APPLICATION FOR PERMITS, PORTABLE TAPE RECORDERS IN AUTOMOBILES FOR DATA COLLECTION AND NOTES, PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS TO SPEED UP ROAD- SIDE INTERVIEWING, SPECIAL FIELD STUDY EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE CODING OF DATA.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 284-322, 12 FIG, 3 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC    20418
• Authors:
  • Mcwane, K G
• Publication Date: 1956-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Origin and destination; Productivity; Questionnaires; Road markings; Signs; Standardization; Statistical sampling
• Uncontrolled Terms: Time savings
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226220
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 11 1972 12:00AM