01577149

Monograph

This issue contains 10 papers concerning visibility and work zone traffic control. Specific topics covered are as follows: speed control for highway tunnels; roadway illuminance at rural intersections; freeway and interchange safety; adaptive lighting; and rapid-flashing beacons. Additional topics include: work zone alarm systems; work zone capacity models; crash causes; response to work zone speed limits; and driveway channelizing treatments.

English

92p

2015

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309295826

Print

Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables

Highway safety; Lighting; Speed limits; Visibility; Warning systems; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I60: Maintenance; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Sep 25 2015 8:57AM

• Approaches to Adaptive Lighting on Roadways
• Development of Freeway and Interchange Safety Performance Functions with Respect to Roadway Lighting: A Pilot Study
• Evaluation of Mobile Work Zone Alarm Systems
• Exploration of Work Zone Crash Causes and Implications for Safety Performance Measurement Programs
• Improved Business Driveway Channelizing Treatments in Work Zones
• Innovative Work Zone Capacity Models from Nationwide Field and Archival Sources
• Investigating Maximum Intensities for Yellow Rapid-Flashing Beacons at Night
• Motorists’ Speed Response to Nonvariable and Variable Work Zone Speed Limits and Other Work Zone Conditions
• Relationship Between Roadway Illuminance Level and Nighttime Rural Intersection Safety
• Speed Control Method for Highway Tunnel Safety Based on Visual Illusion