A STUDY OF INGRESS AND EGRESS AT GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS ON RURAL STATE HIGHWAYS WITHOUT CONTROL OF ACCESS

THE PROBLEM OF CONTROL OF ENTRANCES AND EXITS AT COMMERCIAL ROADSIDE ESTABLISHMENTS, ESPECIALLY AT GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS, IS RECEIVING NATIONAL RECOGNITION. THE FREQUENCY AND DESIGN OF THESE ACCESS POINTS ARE TWO IMPORTANT PHYSICAL ELEMENTS AFFECTING THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF VEHICLES UPON OUR HIGHWAYS. UNCONTROLLED DRIVEWAY APPROACHES SERIOUSLY REDUCE THE CAPACITY OF HIGHWAYS AND CREATE CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS. THE FEATURES OF THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR OF MOTORISTS ENTERING AND LEAVING GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS WERE FACTUALLY INVESTIGATED AND RELATED TO THE BEST METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE LOCATION AND DESIGN OF THE ACCESS DRIVEWAYS. THE NEW YORK STATE PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE COOPERATED IN THE PLANNING OF THE STUDY AND IN THE COLLECTION OF FIELD DATA. THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN THREE PHASES CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING RELATED FACTORS: (A) SPEEDS OF VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY AND ENTERING THE STATION; (B) TRAVEL PATHS OF VEHICLES ENTERING, LEAVING, AND WITHIN THE STATION; (C) HIGHWAY AND STATION TRAFFIC VOLUMES; (D) VEHICLE PLACEMENT; (E) INTERFERENCE OR CONFLICT AT THE STATION; (F) DRIVER INTERVIEW TO DETERMINE PREFERENCES; AND (G) ACCIDENT PATTERN AT SERVICE STATIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/35/35-043.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 35, pp 618-660, 27 FIG, 11 TAB, PHOT, 2 REF, 1 APP. 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:
  • Billion, C E
  • Scheinbart, I
• Publication Date: 1956

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 17-20, 1956
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 35
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Building entrances; Crashes; Drivers; Gasoline; Interviewing; Rural highways; Service stations; Speed; State highways; Traffic control; Traffic volume; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver interviews
• Old TRIS Terms: Entrances (Other than doors)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226016
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 15 1971 12:00AM