HUMAN FACTORS REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL-TIME MOTORIST INFORMATION DISPLAYS. VOLUME 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SELECTED ANNOTATIONS: VISUAL SYSTEMS

The report provides a review of past studies concerned with motorist information presentation using visual displays. The first part of the report presents a bibliography (through 1976) sub-divided into the following topic areas: (A) State-of-the-Art; (B) Laboratory and Questionnaire Studies; (C) Changeable Message Sign Systems; (D) Warning Devices; (E) Route Choice and Diversion; (F) Instrumented Vehicle Studies; (G) Freeway Corridor Operations; and (H) Signing - General. The latter part of the report contains selected annotations of directly relevant studies involving visual information presentation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 5, PB81-173643.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McNees, R W
  • Richards, S H
• Publication Date: 1978-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 62 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Communication; Corridors; Driver information systems; Drivers; Freeways; Guidelines; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Information display systems; Laboratory studies; Questionnaires; Real time control; Reviews; Route choice; State of the art studies; Traffic control; Traffic signals; Variable message signs; Vision; Visual aids; Warning systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Display devices; Displays; Real-time systems; Visual communication
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329097
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-78- 8 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8505
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM