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Title:

Impact Evaluation of Wire Rope Installation on Two-Way Two-Lane Expressways

Accession Number:

01694380

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03611981

Abstract:

To effectively develop road networks under budgetary and time constraints, high-standard arterial expressways in Japan incorporate dual four-lane roads with provisional two-way two-lane (TWTL) sections in areas of low traffic demand. In the majority of TWTL sections, rubber poles are used to partially separate inbound and outbound lanes, but safety risks, including head-on collisions resulting from lane departures into an opposite-direction lane, are considered problematic. To urgently address this situation, wire ropes were installed along some road sections nationwide to verify their effectiveness in preventing head-on collisions. This paper presents a multifaceted evaluation study of the effectiveness of wire ropes on TWTL sections, including drivability, maintainability, and effectiveness in accident prevention.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-04300

Language:

English

Authors:

Xing, Jian
Muramatsu, Tadahisa
Goto, Hidenori
Yamaguchi, Daisuke

Publication Date:

2019

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number:
Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
ISSN: 0361-1981
EISSN: 2169-4052
Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (19) ; References (20) ; Tables (3)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Two way traffic

Geographic Terms:

Japan

Subject Areas:

Highways; Materials; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 1 2019 12:08PM