Country Report--Poland: Roundabouts Use in Poland and Developments in Their Design

The introduction presents the historical background of roundabout use in Poland. Next guidelines for roundabout design are described together with the edition of the guidelines for all at-grade intersections design and recent manuals for capacity analyses of at-grade intersections. The paper presents contents of the guidelines for designing of mini, small and medium roundabouts. Then some typical errors in roundabout design are discussed. The last part of the paper presents some new developments in roundabout design including the double, the spiral, "infinity" shaped and cigar shaped roundabouts. Finally, needs for further research in the area of roundabout safety and operation are suggested.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Tracz, Marian
• Conference:
  • 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design
  • Location: Chicago Illinois, United States
  • Date: 2005-6-29 to 2005-7-1
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p
• Monograph Title: 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design, June 29-July 1, 2005, Chicago, Illinois: Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: At grade intersections; Design; Guidelines; Highway capacity; Highway operations; Innovation; Manuals; Roundabouts; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Poland
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01004442
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 21 2005 3:59PM