GUIDELINES FOR DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND LOCATION

THE ARTICLE IS THE SECOND OF A THREE-PART RECOMMENDED PRACTICE PREPARED BY ITE COMMITTEE 5N-S AND APPROVED BY THE ITE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN NOVEMBER 1972. ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES FOR LOCATION AND DESIGN OF DRIVEWAYS PROVIDING ACCESS FROM PUBLIC STREETS AND HIGHWAYS TO DEVELOPMENTS ON ABUTTING PROPERTY. A SECOND OBJECTIVE IS TO PROVIDE MATERIALS FROM PRIOR STUDIES TO ASSIST ENGINEERS IN DEVELOPING THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IS REQUIRED IN APPLYING THE GUIDELINE TO SPECIFIC SITUATIONS. THE PRESENT ARTICLE CONTAINS PARTS I AND IV OF THE FIVE-PART RECOMMENDED PRACTICE. PART I STATES THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GUIDELINES AND DEFINES VARIOUS TERMS (URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, STREETS, LAND USES, DRIVEWAY TYPES, METHODS OF MEASUREMENT). PART IV DISCUSSES AT LENGTH SEVEN DESIGN ELEMENTS: RADII AND WIDTH, ANGLES, SPACING, MEDIAN CUTS, SIGHT DISTANCE, DRIVEWAY GRADES, AND PAVING. THE ENTIRE REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM ITE IN THE SPRING OF 1973.

• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-45
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Driveways; Location
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226682
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM