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Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway–Rail Grade Crossings 2008

Accession Number:

01114728

Record Type:

Monograph

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309113274

Abstract:

The 13 papers in this collection are concerned with traffic control devices, visibility, and highway-railroad grade crossings. Specific topics discussed include the following: glare; pedestrian visibility in crosswalks; pavement marking retroreflectivity; "stop ahead" pavement markings; red retroreflective raised pavement markings; modern pavement marking systems; nine-panel logo signs; driver stopping behavior on high-speed signalized intersection approaches; treatments at urban signalized intersections; flashing beacons at stop-controlled intersections; dual-advisory speed signing on freeway-to-freeway connectors; experimental transverse-bar pavement marking; and gate rushing at highway-railroad grade crossings.

Language:

English

Pagination:

117p

Publication Date:

2008

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2056
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309113274

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

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

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Nov 6 2008 11:00AM

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