SAFETY EVALUATION OF ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LANE LENGTHS

Prior research has revealed the safety importance of acceleration and deceleration lane lengths. A recent research report, entitled "Statistical Models of Accidents on Interchange Ramps and Speed-Change Lanes," documents the development of models relating accidents to ramp characteristics. This feature utilizes the information in this report to estimate accident frequencies for entire ramps, as a function of speed-change lane length, among other variables. An economic analysis procedure is then presented to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of extending speed-change lanes. The methodology presented allows a highway planner or designer to access the benefits of improving the safety of interchanges considered for reconstruction or when experiencing higher than average accident frequencies, without requiring existing accident records.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Bared, J
  • Giering, G L
  • Warren, D L
• Publication Date: 1999-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 50-54
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration lanes; Benefit cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Crash rates; Deceleration lanes; Economic analysis; Fatalities; Highway design; Highway safety; Injuries; Interchange ramps; Length; Mathematical models; Reconstruction; Speed change lanes
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764976
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 13 1999 12:00AM