STREET NAME SIGNS FOR ARTERIAL STREETS

AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IS MADE OF THE STREET NAME SIGNING PROBLEM TO MEET DRIVER INFORMATIONAL NEEDS ON MODERN ARTERIAL STREETS. EVALUATION OF THE RELATIVE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE LETTER AND SIGN BACKGROUND FOR VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF LETTER COLOR AND BACKGROUND COLOR ARE DISCUSSED, AND AN ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LETTER SIZE REQUIRED FOR THE DRIVER TO PROPERLY EXECUTE A LEFT-TURN MANEUVER ONTO AN INTERSECTING ROADWAY IS PRESENTED. ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS FOR PROVIDING STREET NAME INFORMATION TO THE DRIVER ARE DISCUSSED, AND A DESIGN PROCEDURE THAT CONSIDERS THE DRIVER'S PERCEPTION-REACTION TIME AND VISUAL ACUITY AND THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INTERSECTION IS PRESENTED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics and presented at the 49th Annual Meeting.
• Authors:
  • Woods, Donald L
  • Rowan, Neilon J
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 51-61
• Monograph Title: Traffic signals and signs
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 325
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Color; Drivers; Guide signs; Intersections; Left turns; Legibility; Lettering; Reaction time; Streets; Traffic signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Street signs
• Old TRIS Terms: Backgrounds; Letters
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225907
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM