GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF RIGHT-TURN MOVEMENTS ON RURAL ROADS (ABRIDGMENT)

A survey of state departments of transportation conducted to identify the criteria currently used in selecting road designs to accommodate right-turning vehicles on rural roads revealed that the decisions are based primarily on judgment. The survey also identified factors to be considered in establishing criteria. Field work identified the range of traffic and roadway conditions encountered at selected rural locations and the effectiveness of the treatments. Guidelines were developed through an analysis of survey responses, field data, and judgment. They are based on the peak-hour (or design-hour) volumes for right-turning traffic and total traffic on the approach to the right-turn treatment. Guidelines are available for two- and four-lane roadways. Other factors to be considered are noted. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Cottrell Jr, Benjamin H
• Conference:
  • 61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1982-1-18 to 1982-1-22
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 47-49
• Monograph Title: VISIBILITY AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTS OF GEOMETRICS
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 855
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Guidelines; Highway design; Peak hour traffic; Right turns; Rural highways; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00368289
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309033594
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-034 645
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM