ASSEMBLY, ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF DATA ON WARRANTS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS (PART III)

THIS IS THE THIRD PAPER IN THE THREE-PART SERIES ON WARRANTS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS. THIS PART COVERS VEHICULAR CONTROL ACCIDENTS, SUGGESTED WARRANTS, AND INCLUDES AN ABRIDGED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE REFERENCES CITED IN PARTS I, II, AND III. NEARLY 40 PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED STUDIES WERE REVIEWED IN THE AREA OF VEHICULAR CONTROL ACCIDENTS. THE FINDINGS WERE CONFUSING AND INCONSISTENT. A COMPARISON IS MADE OF THE EFFECT OF SIGNALIZATION AND MAJOR AND MINOR STREET VOLUMES ON ACCIDENT RATES. SUGGESTED WARRANTS ARE PROVIDED ON THE BASIS OF TRAFFIC DELAY, PEDESTRIAN DELAY, AND ACCIDENT RATE. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 14-21, 56
• Authors:
  • Box, P C
  • Alroth, W A
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Crash rates; Pedestrians; Traffic control; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Traffic volume; Vehicles; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227194
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM