Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-Rail Grade Crossings 2013

This issue contains 13 papers concerned with traffic control devices, visibility, and highway-rail grade crossings. Specific topics addressed include: “vehicle entering when flashing” signs; countdown-only pedestrian change interval displays; driver perception-reaction time under rainy or wet roadway conditions at the onset of yellow indications; improved dilemma zone identification; left-turning driver behavior during the permissive interval of protected-permissive operation; and expectancy violations on frontage and conventional roads at interchanges. Other topics discussed include: illuminance from LED luminaires; the impact of modern headlamp technology on design criteria for sag vertical curves; background complexity of overhead guide signs; nighttime visibility of in-service pavement markings; replacing roadway lighting with new lighting technologies; injury severity of motor vehicle drivers at highway-rail grade crossings; and advanced devices for preventing crashes and gate-breaking incidents at highway-rail grade crossings.

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• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 125p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2384
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dilemma zone; Drivers; Highway design; Highway safety; Lighting; Railroad grade crossings; Road markings; Traffic control devices; Traffic safety; Traffic signal intervals; Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503753
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309287012
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 17 2014 9:31AM