Shoulder Rumble Strips and Bicyclists
This report provides a comprehensive review of existing research on the safety impacts of rumble strips to bicycles. Introduced in the early 1950s, shoulder rumble strips (SRS) have been extensively used as a countermeasure to single-vehicle run-off-the-road (ROR) accidents on freeways caused by driver inattention. Placed in the shoulder of a roadway, SRS provide motorists with both audible and tactile warning that the vehicle has left the roadway. SRS have primarily been used on limited access roadways. The effectiveness of this treatment, however, has led to the consideration of using SRS for implementation on non-freeway roadways. There are concerns, however, that SRS may pose safety concerns to bicyclists using the shoulder as a bicycle path. Of concern is the potential for loss of control if the bicyclist strikes a rumble strip. Existing research on SRS design and placement may provide some guidelines for New Jersey in its design and placement of SRS.
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Corporate Authors:
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark
National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity
Newark, NJ United States 07102-1982New Jersey Department of Transportation
Bureau of Research, 1035 Parkway Avenue, P.O. Box 600
Trenton, NJ United States 08625-0600Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
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Authors:
- Daniel, Janice R
- Publication Date: 2007-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Edition: Final Report
- Features: Appendices; Bibliography; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 77p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cyclists; Design; Location; Loss of control; Road shoulders; Rumble strips
- Uncontrolled Terms: Bicycle safety
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01055127
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-2002-020
- Contract Numbers: NCTIP-38
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 21 2007 4:02PM