RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF HIGHWAYS OUTSIDE BUILT-UP AREAS

RICHTLIJNEN VOOR HET ONTWERPEN VAN WEGEN BUITEN DE BEHOUWDE KOM

After discussing the purpose and realization of design criteria for rural roads in general, some of the recent recommendations for motorway design are outlined. The various important design parameters such as sight distance, perception, acceleration and deceleration, vehicle stability, coefficient of friction, and collision characteristics are described. The covering abstract for the conference is IRRD abstract no. 211744 /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Westerduin, B
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 41-110
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dutch Touring Club ANWB
  • Publisher: Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Classification; Crashes; Deceleration; Design; Freeways; Friction; Highway design; Intersections; Mechanical acceleration; Mechanical stability; Perception; Rural areas; Rural highways; Sight distance; Specifications; Traffic flow; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Lay out
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 2894: Alignment; 8513: Classification; 2855: Highway design; 455: Junction; 2885: Layout; 2752: Motorway; 328: Rural area; 177: Specifications; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097221
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM