APPLICATION OF VISIBILITY RESEARCH AND HIGHWAYS

This article defines visibility and the related measures of legibility and conspicuity and explains how recent research, principally in the programs of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has served to improve visibility on Nation's roads. Roadway lighting studies and pavement marking systems are discussed.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Gordon, D A
  • Schwab, R N
• Publication Date: 1979-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 15-22
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highways; Research; Road markings; Roads; Street lighting; Traffic control devices; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway systems; Traffic marking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310359
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 9 1980 12:00AM