Roadway Visibility Research Needs Assessment
This report focuses on a review of issues related to nighttime visibility and assessment of how the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety’s three safety program areas—roadway departure safety, intersection safety, and pedestrian and bicycle safety—address concerns for nighttime visibility, as well as a review of fatality data and a gap analysis for research needs. In addition to the assessment of the three program areas, this report summarizes a survey of practices and policies of highway design, traffic engineering, and highway safety that are based on daytime conditions and may neglect issues and concerns that arise from nighttime conditions
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Corporate Authors:
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3135Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
3500 Transportation Research Plaza
Blacksburg, Virginia United States 24061Leidos
11251 Roger Bacon Drive
Reston, VA United States 20190Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Federal Highway Administration
Office of Safety Research and Development
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA United States 22101-2296 -
Authors:
- Terry, Travis
- Brimley, Brad
- Gibbons, Ronald
- Carlson, Paul J
- Publication Date: 2016-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 104p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cyclists; Highway safety; Intersections; Needs assessment; Night visibility; Pedestrians; Ran off road crashes; Safety programs; Visibility
- Subject Areas: Highways; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01637644
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-SA-17-031
- Contract Numbers: DTFH61-10-D-00024
- Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: May 17 2017 7:58AM