Effective Use of Graphics in Access Management Projects

This paper presents graphical techniques used during the US 90 and US 98 Corridor Management Reports in Santa Rosa County, Florida. The highways were built prior to the implementation of Florida's Access Management Act, adopted in 1988, which established standards to regulate the spacing and location of driveway connections, median openings, and traffic signals. Both US 90 and US 98 fall below the adopted standards in many areas, a problem that grew noticeably worse in the 1990s when there was significant urban and commercial expansion. Projected growth is expected to exacerbate deteriorating capacity and traffic safety conditions. Few segments of the corridors are planned or programmed for widening because of a lack of funding. Therefore, access plans for the roadways were prepared as a part of the Corridor Management Reports in an effort to address the capacity and safety issues along the corridors.

• Record URL:
  http://accessmanagement.info/sites/default/files/AM02%20paper.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Arms, Jeffrey B
• Conference:
  • Fifth National Conference on Access Management
  • Location: Austin Texas, United States
  • Date: 2002-6-23 to 2002-6-26
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 34-42
• Monograph Title: Fifth National Conference on Access Management, June 23-26, 2002, Austin, Texas

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Commercial strips; Divided highways; Driveways; Graphics; Highway capacity; Highway corridors; Highway traffic control; Median openings; Reports; Traffic safety; Traffic signals; Urban development
• Geographic Terms: Santa Rosa County (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046219
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 17 2007 11:50AM