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INTEGRATION OF SAFETY AND THE "HIGHWAY CAPACITY MANUAL"
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00795368

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Abstract:

Users of the "Highway Capacity Manual," which is the primary tool used for analysis and design of highway facilities in the U.S., make recommendations and decisions that affect highway safety. Yet, their decisions are made based primarily on operational measures using the level of service concept. This paper examines the major issues involved in integrating safety into the Manual, characterizes the ideal traits of an assessment tool based upon that discussion and presents a prototype methodology for Chapter 9 - Signalized Intersections. Fuzzy sets are proposed as one tool that has the characteristics described. An example using Fuzzy sets illustrates some of the main tasks required for implementation and, at a conceptual level, describes the various models used.

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Report/Paper Numbers:

E-C018

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Spring, G S

Pagination:

p. 63-72

Publication Date:

2000-6

Serial:

Transportation Research Circular

Issue Number: E-C018
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0097-8515

Conference:

Fourth International Symposium on Highway Capacity

Location: Maui, Hawaii
Date: 2000-6-27 to 2000-7-1
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

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Figures (2) ; References

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Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 24 2000 12:00AM

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