DESCRIBING AND SHAPING MERGING BEHAVIOR OF FREEWAY DRIVERS

This paper discusses the freeway merging behaviors observed in three types of design and draws conclusions about specific behaviors to be prmoted, as well as those to be discouraged. Means of achieving these ends through traffic engineering and public education are discussed. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Olsen, Richard A
  • Hostetter, Robert S
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 7-13
• Monograph Title: Vehicle operators and pedestrians
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 605
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Education; Freeways; Highway design; Merging traffic; Traffic engineering
• Old TRIS Terms: Freeway design; Freeway driver
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156048
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025788
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM