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 77843-3135

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

3500 Transportation Research Plaza
Blacksburg, Virginia United States 24061

Leidos

11251 Roger Bacon Drive
Reston, VA United States 20190

Federal Highway Administration

Office of Safety
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC United States 20590

Federal 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