Design Exception In-Service Monitoring Program Development

This study evaluates various possible program designs for in-service monitoring of design exceptions (DEs) for the Georgia Department of Transportation. The study recommends a multi-tier stepwise approach to the evaluation of DEs. Specifically, the proposed monitoring program aims to: (1) identify DE-associated hazards that have/could result in a fatality or serious injury at a site, (2) detect and identify DE-related increases in crash rate, and (3) detect and identify any DE-related increase in crash severity. The proposed program was designed to minimize additional data collection requirements and ongoing time and resource requirements for implementation. An important step in minimizing these resource requirements is to ensure that the information necessary for conducting these future audits is available early in the design exception review process. The proposed changes to the design exception request process are relatively minor but will pay important dividends in reducing future monitoring costs. In particular, these process changes should be implemented as soon as possible.

• Record URL:
  • http://g92018.eos-intl.net/eLibSQL14_G92018_Documents/12-04.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35086
• Corporate Authors:

  Georgia Tech Research Corporation

  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355

  Georgia Department of Transportation

  Office of Research, 15 Kennedy Drive
  Forest Park, GA  United States  30297-2534

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hunter, Michael
  • Rodgers, Michael
  • Xu, Yanzhi (Ann)
  • Leous, Audrey
  • Mingus, Charlene
  • Sim, Samuel
  • Stahley, Laura
• Publication Date: 2017-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 152p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crash severity; Hazards; Highway safety; Monitoring
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design exception process; Design exceptions; Road safety audits
• Geographic Terms: Georgia
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01675149
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-GA-17-1204, Research Project No. 12-04
• Contract Numbers: PI# 0010885
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 18 2018 4:34PM