HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN CONSISTENCY RELATED TO DRIVER EXPECTANCY, VOLUME III, PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING GEOMETRIC DESIGN CONSISTENCY

This volume, the third of a four-volume final report, presents a procedure for evaluating and improving the geometric design consistency of rural highways. The procedure is based on basic driver behavior principles, a sound conceptual approach and considerable empirical evidence. Basic geometric design objectives, a procedure and examples and remedial countermeasures are presented to aid the designer in applying the procedure. Both 2-lane and 4-lane highways in flat or rolling terrain can be evaluated with this procedure. A detailed step-by-step procedure is presented for evaluating the geometric design inconsistency of proposed or existing rural highways. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the evaluation procedure. (FHWA)

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Research Foundation

  College Station, TX  United States  77843

  Federal Highway Administration

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Messer, C J
  • Mounce, J M
  • Brackett, R Q
• Publication Date: 1981-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 53 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Case studies; Consistency; Countermeasures; Drivers; Evaluation; Expected value; Four lane highways; Geometric design; Highway design; Rural highways; Two lane highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Expectation
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341591
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-81-037 Final Rpt., FCP 31J3-302
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9230
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM