PIARC XVII WORLD ROAD CONGRESS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 8-15 1983. QUESTION IV: INTER-URBAN ROADS AND MOTORWAYS

Contributions by Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR and Yugoslavia were presented on: the design and drafting of projects including mathematical models and electronic data processing, economic and social factors; environmental problems, public participation, noise and pollution; safety, vehicle/infrastructure/driver/environment interaction, accident studies outside urban areas, actions taken to improve safety and assessment of their efficiency; geometric standards, road and vehicle parameters, junctions and interchanges; level of service; equipment and operation, motorist information system, traffic control techniques, motorway communication, service and rest areas, winter maintenance techniques. (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 532 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Communications; Conferences; Crashes; Digital computers; Driver information systems; Drivers; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Economics; Environment; Freeways; Geometric design; Highway design; Highway maintenance; Information processing; Infrastructure; Interchanges; Intercity transportation; Intersections; Layout; Level of service; Mathematical models; Methodology; Noise; Prevention; Public participation; Roadside rest areas; Safety; Social factors; Sociology; Traffic control; Traffic crashes; Vehicles; Winter; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; Interurbans
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 1394: Catalytic converter; 9098: Communication; 8525: Conference; 8673: Digital computer; 255: Economics; 5911: Efficiency; 2455: Environment; 2855: Highway design; 388: Inter urban; 433: Interchange; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 653: Level of service; 6473: Mathematical model; 9102: Method; 2752: Motorway; 142: Public participation; 971: Service area; 2253: Sociology; 6748: Sound; 654: Traffic control; 1255: Vehicle; 2593: Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I73: Traffic Control; I80: Accident Studies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390238
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 949432 04 0
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM