A USERS' GUIDE TO POSITIVE GUIDANCE

Positive Guidance is a high payoff, short-range way to enhance safety of substandard facilities. This report presents three types of information to guide the user in applying Positive Guidance. Part I of this report discusses the principles, concepts and terminology underlying Positive Guidance. Part II presents the procedures for performing the eighteen activites required to accomplish Positive Guidance objectives. Part III presents three case studies to show procedure application and product variation brought on by site differences. The three case studies are urban, signalized intersection; interstate freeway segment; and, a rural two lane road.

• Corporate Authors:

  Biotechnology, Incorporated

  3027 Rosemary Lane
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22042

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Safety and Traffic Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Post, T J
  • Robertson, H D
  • Price, H E
  • Alexander, G J
  • Lunenfeld, H
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 164 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design load; Freeways; Highway safety; Safety; Signalized intersections; Two lane highways; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: User characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165915
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-8864
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM