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This paper introduces an evolving data collection procedure that researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using for the evaluation of operating speed along various corridors. The method merges the data acquired by an event data recorder with geographic and road characteristic information to provide an unprecedented data set for operating speed evaluation. In addition, the vehicle and driver characteristics are known for each participant. At this time, over 100 randomly selected participants have equipped vehicles in the Atlanta metro region. An ultimate target of over 1000 vehicles is proposed for the study. This method of marrying vehicle, environment, and driver characteristics will provide a robust data set capable of enabling researchers to more fully understand what operating speeds are selected by different drivers for a variety of locations and conditions.

The symposium proceedings are available on CD-ROM.

00989133

English

19p

2003-7

2nd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work

CD-ROM

Figures (3) ; References (3) ; Tables (2)

Data collection; Drivers; Environment; Operating speed; Streets; Test vehicles; Urban areas

Driver characteristics

Atlanta (Georgia)

Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Apr 7 2005 12:00AM

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• A TALE OF TWO STREETSCAPES
• BACK IN ANGLE PARKING IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
• BLIND PEDESTRIANS AT UNFAMILIAR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS: RESEARCH ON SAFETY
• BUS RAPID TRANSIT ON CITY STREETS: HOW DOES IT WORK
• CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF SMART GROWTH TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
• CHARLOTTE'S URBAN STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES: A CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DECISION-MAKING METHOD
• COMPARISON OF CRASHES ON MEDIAN-DIVIDED AND FIVE-LANE ROADWAYS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
• COMPARISON OF SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF URBAN STREETS BEFORE AND AFTER LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS
• CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN CHALLENGES FOR MAJOR SUBURBAN ARTERIAL STREET PROJECTS
• CROSS BRONX CONNECTOR ROAD SYSTEM
• DESIGN CHANGES FOR LIVABLE URBAN STREETS
• DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR GREAT STREETS: ADDRESSING CONTEXT SENSITIVITY FOR MAJOR URBAN STREETS
• ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, AND PHILOSOPHERS
• FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF PATH AND SPEED OF MOTORISTS AT DOUBLE-LANE ROUNDABOUTS
• GRANT AVENUE IN ODESSA, TEXAS: A DOWNTOWN STREETSCAPE SUCCESS
• HOW MUCH DO YOU LOSE WHEN YOUR ROAD GOES ON A DIET?
• HOW PLANNING DECISIONS IMPACT HIGHWAY COLLISION HISTORIES
• IDENTIFYING LOCATIONS FOR BUS NUB INSTALLATION ON URBAN ROADWAYS
• IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM FOR ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN TEXAS: LESSONS LEARNED
• IN-PAVEMENT FLASHING CROSSWALKS - STATE OF THE ART
• IOWA'S STATEWIDE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS PROMOTE IMPROVED ACCESS MANAGEMENT
• LEFT-TURN LANE INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
• LIVABLE STREETS INITIATIVE: THE TENSION BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS AND VIRGINIA CODE AND GUIDELINES
• MEDIAN BUS LANE DESIGN IN VANCOUVER, BC: THE #98 B-LINE
• MOVING FORWARD WHEN YOU CANNOT SEE: ISSUES OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN THE URBAN STREET ENVIRONMENT
• NEW INTERCHANGE AND INTERSECTION DESIGNS: THE SYNCHRONIZED SPLIT-PHASING INTERSECTION AND THE DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE
• OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF ROUNDABOUTS
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN FOR THE KELLY PARKWAY CORRIDOR STUDY: CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN
• SAFETY EFFECTS OF MARKED VS. UNMARKED CROSSWALKS AT UNCONTROLLED LOCATIONS: RESULTS FROM 30 CITIES
• SIGNING AND PAVEMENT-MARKING STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-LANE ROUNDABOUTS: AN INFORMAL INVESTIGATION
• SIMULATING ROUNDABOUTS WITH VISSIM
• SLIPPERS METAL COVERS: HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA BEAR WITH IT?
• SMART GROWTH ALTERNATIVES TO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS
• STREET SYSTEMS AND CLASSIFICATIONS TO SUPPORT SMART GROWTH
• THE DOUBLE-WIDE DESIGN: AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS ON FOUR-LANE HIGHWAYS
• THE EFFECTS OF SCHOOL ZONES ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR
• THE USE OF GPS AND GIS TO ANALYZE ACCESS NEAR INTERSECTIONS
• TRAFFIC CALMING IN A SMART GROWTH COMMUNITY
• TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND SAFETY AT SCHOOLS: REVIEW OF EXISTING GUIDELINES
• TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS NEAR SCHOOLS
• URBAN MINOR ARTERIAL FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED TO THREE-LANE CONVERSION FEASIBILITY: AN UPDATE
• URBAN STREET: IS THERE ROOM FOR SEGWAY (TRADEMARK) HUMAN TRANSPORTER (HT)?
• USE OF ROUNDABOUTS IN AN URBAN SETTING
• USING THE NUMBER OF PASSING AND MEETING EVENTS TO DESIGN PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SHARED-USE PATHS