MAJOR INTERCHANGE DESIGN, OPERATION AND TRAFFIC CONTROL-SUMMARY OF RESULTS
THREE GROUPS OF PROBLEMS ASSICATED WITH MAJOR INTERCHANGES WERE EXAMINED IN THIS RESEARCH STUDY: THOSE RELATING TO POLICIES, TO DESIGN PROCEDURES, AND TO THE DESIGN OF INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF THE INTERCHANGE. RESEARCH TECHNIQUES INCLUDED STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS, WORKSHOPS, AND QUESTIONNAIRES; CASE STUDIES; ACCIDENT ANALYSES; AND EXAMINATION OF DECISION THEORY AND TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES FOR APPLICATION IN DESIGNING MAJOR INTERCHANGES. THE RESEARCH EFFORT PRODUCED THE FOLLOWING: DESIGN CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES; TWO DESIGN INFORMATION SYSTEMS; AND SEVERAL DESIGN PROCESS TOOLS, INCLUDING A REVIEW OF THE APPLICABILITY AND USEFULNESS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS, CHECKLISTS, AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS. FUTURE PLANS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED FOR DISSEMINATION AND ENCOURAGING USE OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN THE SUMMARIZED STUDY. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Stockfisch, C R
- Taylor, J I
- Publication Date: 1974-3
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 306-14
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Serial:
- Public Roads
- Volume: 27
- Issue Number: 8
- Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
- ISSN: 0033-3735
- Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
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Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Case studies; Computer graphics; Crash investigation; Decision theory; Design; Guidelines; Highway design; Highway operations; Information dissemination; Information systems; Interchanges; Interchanges and intersections; Interviewing; Mathematical models; Questionnaires; Research; Traffic; Traffic control; Workshops
- Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Models
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226909
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM