SAFETY REST AREAS: PLANNING, LOCATION, AND DESIGN

The value of rest areas along Interstate highewy routes is recognized by many people. Rest areas provide a safe place for motorists to pull off the highway. Rest and relaxation return a motorists to the highway a safer and better-informed driver. Although the Interstate system is approaching 100 percent completion, the rest-area program is only about 50 percent complete. The design of current rest areas often lacks consistency because a common body of knowledge about the state of the design art is not available. An effort was made to improve the procedures and features provided in Interstate rest areas by interviewing states with successful rest-area programs. This paper, which is a synopsis of a recently published manual, identifies rest-area development procedures in three steps: planning, location, and design. This paper is a state-of-the-art review of rest-area development. (Author)

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  • Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Landscape and Environmental Design. 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:
  • Adams, Dennis
  • Reierson, James
• Conference:
  • 60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: Landscape and environmental design
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 822
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Location; Planning; Reviews; Roadside rest areas; State of the art studies
• Identifier Terms: Interstate Highway System
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348897
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032644
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 30 1982 12:00AM