PIARC XVII WORLD ROAD CONGRESS, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, OCTOBER 8-15 1983. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON ROADS IN URBAN AREAS

This report deals with four topics of important aspects of urban highways: (1) detailed facilities for two wheeled vehicles and pedestrians, their environmental impacts and an assessment of their safety (facilities for cyclists, slow traffic in residential areas, facilities for pedestrians); (2) traffic control strategies in urban areas for comprehensive traffic management and especially for prevention of congestion, communications with drivers, assistance to and monitoring of public transport, increase of safety, improvement of the environment); (3) orientation in the urban street network (signs, markings and traffic signals)--systems for vehicles and pedestrians, technical and construction characteristics, visibility by day and night, environmental problems; design of the urban bus street network (special streets for buses, bus lanes, buses at intersections, bus stops). (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Permanent International Association of Road Congr

  2 Boulevard de la Tour Maubourg
  F-75007 Paris,   France 
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 156 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Area traffic signal control; Bikeways; Buses; Conferences; Cyclists; Design; Driver information systems; Energy conservation; Environment; Highways; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Noise; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Public transit; Residential areas; Road markings; Streets; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Traffic lanes; Traffic safety; Traffic signals; Traffic signs; Transportation operations; Two wheeled vehicles; Urban areas; Urban highways; Vehicle safety; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• ITRD Terms: 669: Area traffic control; 1272: Bus; 562: Carriageway marking; 1394: Catalytic converter; 8525: Conference; 2722: Cycle track; 1742: Cyclist; 212: Energy conservation; 2455: Environment; 2755: Highway; 699: Itinerary; 6473: Mathematical model; 1144: Operations (transp network); 1733: Pedestrian; 744: Public transport; 307: Residential area; 350: Segregation (traffic, pedestrians); 6748: Sound; 654: Traffic control; 671: Traffic flow; 2827: Traffic lane; 553: Traffic sign; 565: Traffic signal; 313: Urban area; 6783: Visibility
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390256
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM