DIRECTION FINDING FROM ARTERIALS TO DESTINATIONS

Highway agencies have developed various procedures to assist motorists in finding the way from arterial highways to destinations in unfamiliar areas. This report of the Transportation Research Board documents the range of technical, legal, political, social, and environmental factors affecting the development of information systems designed to meet drivers' direction-finding information needs. To develop this synthesis in a comprehensive manner and to ensure inclusion of significant knowledge, the Board analyzed available information assembled from numerous sources, including a large number of state highway and transportation departments. A topic panel of experts in the subject area was established to guide the researchers in organizing and evaluating the collected data, and to review the final synthesis report.

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• Publication Date: 1980-9

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 50 p.
• Serial:
  • NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
  • Issue Number: 71
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0547-5570

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Citizen band radio; Direction signs; Driver information systems; Human factors; Laws; Maps; Policy; Radio direction finders; Referencing; Route guidance; Traffic signs; Variable message signs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Direction finding
• Old TRIS Terms: Directional sign
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00324455
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-031 091
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 15 1982 12:00AM