MOTORISTS REACTIONS TO SIGNING ON A BELTWAY' DISCUSSION

LIMITED-ACCESS HIGHWAYS IN THE FORM OF CLOSED LOOPS /BELTWAYS/ AROUND URBAN AREAS ARE A RELATIVELY NEW ADDITION TO HIGHWAY GEOMETRY AND THE STANDARDS FOR SIGNING LINEAR ROUTES ARE NOT COMPLETELY APPLICABLE TO A BELTWAY. THEREFORE, THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO OBTAIN AND EVALUATE INFORMATION FROM MOTORISTS ON THE KINDS OF SIGN MESSAGES THEY NEED AND DESIRE TO DRIVE A BELTWAY SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. THE CAPITAL BELTWAY /1-495/ AROUND WASHINGTON, D.C., WAS CHOSEN AS A LABORATORY AND THE MOTORISTS WHO USE IT AS TEST SUBJECTS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE CIRCULATED TO VARIOUS GROUPS OF MOTORISTS TO COLLECT COMMENTS ON THE EXISTING SIGNING. THE COMMENTS WERE COMBINED WITH INFORMATION OBTAINED IN A MEETING OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS AND FROM WORK DONE PREVIOUSLY IN CALIFORNIA TO DEVELOP THREE SIGINING CONCEPTS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1967/170/170-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Traffic Control Devices and presented at the 46th Annual Meeting. 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:
  • Petersen, Stephen G
  • Schoppert, David W
• Discussers:
  • Sullivan, T Darcy
  • D'Ippolito, Gene P
  • Hulbert, Slade
  • Petersen, Stephen G
  • Schoppert, David W
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-34
• Monograph Title: Traffic control devices
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 170
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beltways; Design; Drivers; Freeways; Questionnaires; Reaction time; Signs; Traffic signs; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225152
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 5 1994 12:00AM