ROADSIDE DELINEATION CONCEPTS: A NATIONAL STUDY

THE NEED FOR NATIONAL, UNIFORM DESIGNS AND APPLICATIONS OF ROADSIDE DELINEATION HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED BY TRAFFIC AUTHORITIES. A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WAS, THEREFORE, UNDERTAKEN TO OBTAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PRESENT PRACTICES OF ROADSIDE DELINEATION AND TO FURTHER ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF AN OPTIMUM ROADSIDE DELINEATION TREATMENT AT A GIVEN CONDITION. IN THIS STUDY, AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW AND A NATIONAL SURVEY OF ALL STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO FORM A STATE-OF-THE-ART SUMMARY OF ROADSIDE DELINEATION CONCEPTS. ATTEMPTS TO FORMULATE A UNIFORM SELECTION PROCESS FOR ROADSIDE DELINEATION TREATMENTS INVOLVED DISCUSSIONS OF EVALUATION CRITERIA AND PRESENTATION OF A SUGGESTED SELECTION PROGRAM. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY PROVIDE UPDATED AND THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROADSIDE DELINEATION TECHNIQUES.

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Traffic Control Devices and Committee on Motorist Information Systems. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Yu, Jason C
  • Arnn, Alvah C
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 57-68
• Monograph Title: Visibility and driver information
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 440
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Highway delineators; Highway design; State of the art studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Selecting
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway delineation
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226764
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309021715
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM