SELECTION AND SIGNING OF TRUCK ROUTES IN URBAN AREAS
THE REPORTS OF SUBCOMMITTEES IN THE AREAS OF COMMERCIAL TRUCKING, VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION, ROUTE SELECTION AND TERMINAL LOCATION, AND SIGNING HAVE BEEN USED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS REPORT WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE CRITERIA AND INFORMATION WHICH CAN BE USED AS GUIDELINES IN ESTABLISHING AND SIGNING TRUCK ROUTES. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE ON THE PRACTICE TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE SELECTION AND SIGNING OF TRUCK ROUTES IN URBAN AREAS. ROUTES, WHICH MUST BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH JOINT STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT, SHOULD BE LOCATED ONLY AFTER TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES ON NEED AND ADEQUACY. STRUCTURAL AND GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS REQUIRED TO ACCOMODATE TRUCKS, ABUTTING DEVELOPMENTS, PRESENT TRAFFIC VOLUMES, PRESENCE OF RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS, NUMBER OF TURNS ALONG THE ROUTE, AND COOPERATION WITH MOTOR CARRIER GROUPS ARE ALL CONSIDERED. ADVICE IS GIVEN ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARD SIGN FOR THE MARKING OF ESTABLISHED TRUCK ROUTES. THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS OF THE VARIOUS SUBCOMMITTEES ARE APPENDED.
- Publication Date: 1973-4
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 14-27
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Serial:
- Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
- Volume: 43
- Issue Number: 7
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Freight transportation; Railroad grade crossings; Recommendations; Reports; Route signs; Routes; Signs; Standardization; Truck lanes; Truck routes; Trucks; Turning traffic
- Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226661
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 31 1973 12:00AM