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Title: CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCE WITH INSIDE SHOULDER REMOVALS
Accession Number: 00468654
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The problem of increasing freeway corridor capacity in a safe and cost-effective manner is becoming more difficult. One method to provide additional mixed-flow or high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) capacity is to remove shoulders and narrow lanes. In this paper, the California safety experience with inside shoulder removals that for each site generally resulted in either no significant change or a significant reduction in overall accident rates is documented. Congestion reduction appears to be the cause of the accident rate reductions. The analysis also suggests that accident severity is not affected; the only significant change in accidents is a reduction in noninjury accidents.
Supplemental Notes: Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Operational Effects of Geometrics. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01418104
Authors: Urbanik, ThomasBonilla, Carlos RPagination: pp 37-46
Publication Date: 1987
Serial: ISBN: 030904474x
Media Type: Print
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM
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