SEALED VS UNSEALED ROAD SPEEDS: A STUDY OF SPEEDS ON SECTIONS OF RURAL ROADS BEFORE AND AFTER SEAL EXTENSION

A comparison of average vehicle speed on lengths of rural roads prior and subsequent to sealing extension works was undertaken during 1996 for thirty one sites. The results indicated speeds on unsealed roads are generally lower than those currently presumed in the Project Evaluation Manual (July 1994), and the effect of sealing "as is" (no increase in carriageway width) also not as great as assumed. A provisional table is proposed for use when predicting increase in average travel speed when an unsealed road is sealed. (a)

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  California Transit Association

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• Authors:
  • WANTY, D
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 15 p.
• Serial:
  • TRANSFUND NEW ZEALAND RESEARCH REPORT
  • Issue Number: 106
  • Publisher: California Transit Association
  • ISSN: 1174-0574

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Highways; Rural areas; Speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• ITRD Terms: 9148: Before and after study; 2755: Highway; 2986: Low cost road; 8079: New Zealand; 328: Rural area; 5408: Speed
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764531
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-478-11064-2
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 28 1999 12:00AM