GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE OLDER DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS

This project updated, revised, and expanded the scope of the "Older Driver Highway Design Handbook" published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in 1998. Development of the updated Handbook (FHWA-RD-01-103) was complemented by a technology transfer initiative to make practitioners aware of the Handbook and assist in applying its recommendations. This effort included the development of a condensed document presenting recommendations and implementation guidelines only, plus printed and electronic materials supporting the conduct of practitioner workshops throughout the United States in the 1999-2001 period. Consistent with the full Handbook, this Guidelines and Recommendations document incorporates new research findings and technical developments and extensive feedback from State, county, and municipal engineers who reviewed and applied recommendations from the 1998 publication. Guidance on how and when to implement the included recommendations is included, as well as codes that indicate at a glance the relationship of each recommendation to standard design manuals, including the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Green Book. All research products developed under this contract are designed to provide practical guidance to engineers to accommodate the needs and functional limitations of an aging population of road users. Included recommendations are directed toward new construction, reconstruction, scheduled maintenance, and "spot treatments" to ameliorate demonstrated safety problems, emphasizing countermeasures with modest additional cost during installation and the potential for cost savings over the life cycle.

• Record URL:
  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/humanfac/01051/index.cfm
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35774
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14698
• Corporate Authors:

  Scientex Corporation

  2000 14th Street, N, #300
  Arlington, VA  United States  22201

  TransAnalytics, LLC

  1722 Sumneytown Pike, Box 328
  Kulpsville, PA  United States  19443

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Staplin, Loren
  • Lococo, K
  • Byington, S
  • Harkey, D
• Publication Date: 2001-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 90 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Aged drivers; Countermeasures; Guidelines; Highway design; Highway safety; Human factors; Implementation; Life cycle costing; Recommendations
• Subject Areas: Design; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00816524
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-01-051, Report No. 1495, NCP 3A6a-0042
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-97-C-00050
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 26 2001 12:00AM