ROADSIDE SAFETY: AREAS OF FUTURE FOCUS

In this article, the author shares his views and suggestions on future roadside safety research. He suggests that in the future Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee A2A04 should concentrate on four primary areas. First, there should be a focus on major problems. Overturns, trees and utility poles have been identified as the top three most harmful events or roadside features involved in ran-off-the-road fatalities. Suggestions for research on these events are offered. Second, there should be a focus on urban highways and streets. Third, further development and refinement of benefit-cost models should be pursued, including the use of innovative techniques for this refinement. And finally, the proper installation and maintenance of roadside appurtenances is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.

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• Authors:
  • Michie, J D
• Conference:
  • Roadside Safety Issues Revisited
  • Location: Irvine, California
  • Date: 1995-7-31 to 1995-8-2
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 30-37
• Monograph Title: ROADSIDE SAFETY ISSUES REVISITED
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 453
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Building; Facilities; Installation; Maintenance; Overturning; Research; Roadside; Safety; Trees; Urban highways; Utility poles
• Old TRIS Terms: Appurtenances; Safety research
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00721426
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 10 1996 12:00AM