HUMAN FACTORS IN HIGHWAY DESIGN AND OPERATIONS

Key Positive Guidance principles leading to design and operational suitability include: Driver Reception and Use of Information, based on an "information-decision-action" driving task model; Information Handling Characteristics, predicated on driver "single channel" attributes; Decision Sight Distance to provide a margin for error in a cluttered environment; Driver Expectancy and Design Consistency in design and operations, and Driver Error reduction through proper design and operational procedures and information presentation. Given the present situation of limited resources, the highest pay-off for the application of human factor considerations is to enhance the operations and safety of existing arterials, city streets, and rural roads.

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• Authors:
  • Lunenfeld, H
  • Alexander, G J
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 149-158
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 110
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Driver information systems; Drivers; Highway design; Highway engineering; Highways; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Perception; Prevention; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Highway systems
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387404
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM