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Title: THE MAINE FACILITY: INSTRUMENTED 2-LANE HIGHWAY GENERATES CONTINUOUS INFORMATION ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR
Accession Number: 00083712
Record Type: Component
Digital Copy: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: A description is presented of a two lane rural highway in Maine which has been equipped with a complex instrumentation system to record driver problems in discrimination, judgement and vehicle control. The system consists of portable vehicle detection stations, nodes of vehicle-sensing loops installed in the pavement, and vehicle receiver-display units. The instruments are connected to a computer which records the data on magnetic tape. Short summaries are also given of the following proposed research projects: 1) development and evaluation of remedial aids to warn drivers of slowly moving vehicles ahead on a grade; 2) evaluation of traffic controls for highway construction and maintenance operations on 2-lane highways; 3) measurement of vehicle equivalency and capacity including effects of commercial and recreational vehicles; 4) retention and presentation of highway traffic data collected on the Main Facility; 5) development and evaluation of dynamic aids for narrow bridges; 6) study of rest area usage; 7) development and evaluation of remedial aids for intersections with inadequate sight distance; 8) development and evaluation of transverse lines for traffic control and speed reduction; 9) study of effects of width of snowplowing on traffic operations; and 10) study of effects of adverse visibility and dynamic warnings of limited visibility.
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: p. 5-10
Publication Date: 1974-12
Serial: Features: Figures
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TRT Terms:
Commercial vehicles; Fog; Highway maintenance; Information processing; Intersections; Magnetic tapes; Narrow bridges; Network nodes; Recreational vehicles; Road construction; Roadside rest areas; Rural highways; Sight distance; Snowplows; Traffic control; Two lane highways; Vehicle detectors; Visibility
Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM
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