SYMPOSIUM ON GEOMETRIC ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS - SESSION II - MODELS FOR DRIVER BEHAVIOUR AND TRAFFIC OPERATION RELATIVE TO DESIGN STANDARDS

The following papers were presented at this session of the conference on geometric road design standards - Reaction time and sight-distances, Johansen, HJ; The importance of passing sight distances in highway design, Lyly, S; Hillcrests: problems of vertical line of sight and visibility, Hills, BL; Perceptual factors in vehicle guidance, Riemersma, J; Evaluation of road designs by analyzing drivers' visual scanning and driving behaviour, Blaauw, GJ; A driver behaviour model for the design of low-speed roads and streets, Volmuller, J; New concepts in design speed application, Leisch, JE and Leisch, JP; Speed profiles on ramps, Schacke, I; Vehicle behaviour during entering and leaving motorways, Ackroyd, LW; Simulation of traffic flow in bottlenecks, Wiedemann,R; The fundamental diagram, a macroscopic traffic-flow model, Botma, J; Traffic simulation on two-lane rural roads - geometric design policy, Gynnerstedt, G; The traffic flow process and design and capacity standards, Roerbech, J; Flow-speed relationships as a function of the geometric characteristics of rural roads, Le Breton, P. /TRRL/

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  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 9-228
• Serial:
  • Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada
  • Publisher: Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Behavior; Bottlenecks; Conferences; Design methods; Drivers; Freeways; Geometric design; Highway design; Highway operations; Layout; Line of sight; Mathematical models; Motor reactions; Perception; Ramps; Real time control; Real time data processing; Rural highways; Sight distance; Slopes; Speed; Traffic; Traffic simulation; Visibility; Visibility distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Design models; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Hillslopes
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2855: Highway design; 2885: Layout; 2752: Motorway; 2247: Reaction (human); 6793: Visibility distance
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153295
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM