01450372

Monograph

This issue contains 11 papers concerned with traffic control devices, visibility, and highway–rail grade crossings. Specific topics discussed are as follows: timing yellow and red traffic signal intervals; stop paddles with embedded lights for street crossing guards; mitigating the dilemma zone problem; reducing crashes related to traffic signal change intervals; nonstandard symbol signs; train arrival time impact on highway–railroad grade crossing crash frequency; microsimulation model of railway level crossings; lighting conditions impact on urban arterial operating speed; high-beam usage on low-volume rural roads; and relationship between nighttime driving behavior and roadway visibility features.

English

111p

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309223348

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Arterial highways; Crash rates; Crashes; Dilemma zone; High beamed headlamps; Low volume roads; Microsimulation; Night visibility; Operating speed; Railroad grade crossings; Red interval (Traffic signal cycle); Rural highways; Signalized intersections; Street lighting; Symbol signs; Traffic control devices; Traffic signal timing; Visibility; Yellow interval (Traffic signal cycle)

Crossing guards; Stop/slow paddles; Train arrival time at crossings

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Oct 26 2012 10:50AM

• Closed-Course Evaluation of Stop Paddles with Embedded Lights
• Comprehensive Evaluation of Driver Behavior to Establish Parameters for Timing of Yellow Change and Red Clearance Intervals
• Detection, Control, and Warning System for Mitigating Dilemma Zone Problem
• Development of Visual Model for Exploring Relationship Between Nighttime Driving Behavior and Roadway Visibility Features
• Effect of Train Arrival Time on Crash Frequency at Highway–Railroad Grade Crossings: General Classification Regression Model
• Effects of Environmental Lighting Conditions on Operating Speeds on Urban Arterials
• Evaluating Safety at Railway Level Crossings with Microsimulation Modeling
• Evaluation of Comprehension and Legibility of International and Domestic Nonstandard Symbol Signs
• Evaluation of Two Treatments for Reducing Crashes Related to Traffic Signal Change Intervals
• Guidelines for Timing Yellow and Red Intervals at Signalized Intersections
• High-Beam Usage on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Texas