COMMUNICATION HANDBOOK FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS
THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZED A NEED FOR LONG-RANGE COMMUNICATION PLANNING BY STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS. A SURVEY OF STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS INDICATED INSUFFICIENT STAFFING OR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS TO CONDUCT AN IN-DEPTH, GRASS-ROOTS COMMUNICATION SURVEY. CONSEQUENTLY, FHWA LET A CONTRACT FOR A STUDY, COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER 1968, WHOSE FINAL REPORT CONTAINED A PROCEDURE, MODEL, AND COMPUTER DATA BASE FOR USE BY HIGHWAY COMMUNICATIONS PLANNERS IN PLANNING FOR A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. THIS REPORT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN ALL STATES. THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROGRAM WAS TO EVALUATE THE PROCEDURE, MODEL, AND DATA BASE BY CONDUCTING A COMMUNICATION STUDY FOR AN ACTUAL HIGHWAY DISTRICT. THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNICATIONS HANDBOOK TO THE ILLINOIS DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS. THE HANDBOOK PROCEDURE WAS TO BE FOLLOWED AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE. ANY CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS FOUND WERE TO BE RECORDED SEPARATELY AND INITIATED TO TEST THEIR PRACTICABILITY. THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IS A FORMAL ORGANIZATION. THE PROCEDURE FOR GATHERING INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOLLOWED A FUNCTION-AND-ACTIVITIES PATTERN. THE COMMITTEE DEVELOPED A METHOD OF GATHERING THE COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE RELATIVE TO EACH FUNCTION AND ACTIVITY BY THE USE OF PREPRINTED FORMS. INFORMATION WAS COMPILED FOR USE WITH A DESIGN DATA PROGRAM. THE REVISED HANDBOOK CONTAINS A STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING A COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS STUDY AND FOR DESIGNING A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
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Authors:
- Nutt, Sherel Z
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Conference:
- 51st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1972-1-17 to 1972-1-21
- Publication Date: 1972
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 1-8
- Monograph Title: Emergency communications
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 402
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication systems; Handbooks; Highways; State highway departments
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226506
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM