SYMPOSIUM ON GEOMETRIC ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS - SESSION V - INTERRELATION AND OPTIMISATION OF ROAD DESIGN ELEMENTS AS RELATED TO CLASSES OF ROADS

The following papers were presented at this session of the conference on geometric road design standards - Are design standards still the optimum approach to road safety, Hamelink, JG; The application of road design standards and elements in Canada, Boyd, PJ; Fundamentals of functional road evaluation, Steierwald, G and Doormann, J; Design and classification of roads from the viewpoint of driving task analysis, Janssen, STMC; Highway types and their influence on highway design planning according to specifications in Switzerland (les types de routes et leures influences sur La conception des projects routiers selon les normes suisses) Crottaz, R; Standardization methodology in geometric planning of roads, Vakkuri, J; New Danish road lighting code, Frederiksen, F; Principles and working methods utilized in the compilation of "guidelines for geometric design of urban roads, Rigu 73" in relation to road classification, Brandberg, V and Du Rietz, U; Research needs in highway geometric design, Boenau, RE and Pilkington, GB.

• Corporate Authors:

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 153-265
• Serial:
  • Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada
  • Publisher: Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Conferences; Design standards; Functional analysis; Geometric design; Highway design; Highway safety; Highways; Layout; Optimization; Planning; Standards; Street lighting; Urban highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway classification; Optimum
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2755: Highway; 2855: Highway design; 2885: Layout; 545: Lighting (street); 143: Planning; 187: Specification (standard)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153292
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM