The application of asymmetrical design principles to rural roads

The aim of this paper is to introduce alternative and pragmatic "brownfield" design principles that when retrofitted to existing high speed, undivided rural roads are expected to have a significant effect on reducing the road toll, yet also provide considerable savings in ongoing road maintenance costs.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Printed volume (S 656.08 ROA (2005)) contains peer-reviewed papers. CD-ROM (CD 401) contains submitted papers
• Authors:
  • Levett, S
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, 2005, Wellington, New Zealand
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash rates; Highway design; Highway safety; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Ran off road crashes; Rural highways; Traffic safety; Two lane highways
• ATRI Terms: Crash countermeasure; Crash rate; Maintenance costs; Maintenance management; Road design; Road safety; Run off the road crash; Rural road; Two lane road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01387810
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 047310637X [CD-ROM]
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 23 2012 12:25AM