2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN, MAINZ, GERMANY, JUNE 14-17, 2000. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The symposium provided a forum for highway geometric design practitioners, policy makers, and researchers to gain insights that stimulate continued improvement of highway geometric design. The symposium featured the latest research and developments in highway geometric design policies, procedures, and practices throughout the world. The proceedings contain 56 papers and 6 poster abstracts presented at the symposium. These papers and abstracts represent the work of more than 100 authors from 20 countries. The papers are organized according to the symposium session in which they were presented. There were 16 paper sessions, in addition to the opening plenary session and the poster session. Topics covered include safety in design, urban design issues, traffic calming, intersections and roundabouts, cross sections, horizontal curves, design vehicles, design speed and speed consistency, sight distance, vertical alignment, interchanges, two-lane rural roads, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and flexibility in highway design.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The publisher's German name is Forschungsgesellschaft fur Strassen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV).
• Corporate Authors:

  Road and Transportation Research Association

  Postbox 50 13 62
  D-50973 Cologne,   Germany 
• Conference:
  • 2nd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design
  • Location: Mainz, Germany
  • Date: 2000-6-14 to 2000-6-17
• Publication Date: 2000-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 695p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Bicycle facilities; Conferences; Cross sections; Design practices; Design speed; Geometric design; Highway curves; Highway design; Highway safety; Interchanges; Intersections; Pedestrian areas; Policy; Roundabouts; Rural highways; Sight distance; Traffic calming; Two lane highways; Urban design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design vehicles; Horizontal curvature; Vertical alignment
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794762
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FGSV 002/67
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 2000 12:00AM