Highway Geometric Design from the Perspective of Recent Safety Developments

In a safe-system approach to road safety, problems are dealt with by considering how several components of the road transportation system interact rather than implementing countermeasures in isolation. In this paper, the authors propose that relevant information from the fields of the safe-system approach, including user-centered design and road safety auditing, be integrated into highway geometric design guidelines. A framework is proposed for integrating safety and human factor issues into highway geometric design guidelines. Key issues to be addressed include safety training of highway design engineers, three-dimensional highway design and implementation of a safe system. The safe system approach has already been applied in several states and countries, and has the potential to be implemented in other places.

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• Authors:
  • Kanellaidis, George
  • Vardaki, Sophia
• Publication Date: 2011-12-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 841-844
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 137
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geometric design; Highway safety; Human factors; Safety engineering
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01363803
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 2012 9:36AM