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https://doi.org/10.3141/1701-09

http://scholar.google.com...mmes&publication_year=2000

The relationship between design speeds and operating speeds on two-lane rural highway alignments is evaluated. The current policy on design speed and its origins is described, and empirical evidence of disparities between design speeds and operating speeds are presented. U.S. policy on selecting and applying design speeds is critiqued, modifications to the design-speed concept in Australia and Europe are discussed, and possible revisions to U.S. policy on design speed are identified.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1701, Design Speed, Operating Speed, and Sight Distance Issues.

English

p. 68-75

2000

Transportation Research Record

0309066808

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Design speed; Operating speed; Policy; Rural highways; Two lane highways

Revisions

Australia; Europe; United States

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Sep 29 2000 12:00AM

• DETERMINING THE BEST METHOD FOR MEASURING NO-PASSING ZONES
• DRIVER BRAKING PERFORMANCE IN STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE SITUATIONS
• EVALUATION OF THE PASSING PROCESS ON TWO-LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS
• GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF LOW-SPEED URBAN STREETS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS OF VEHICULAR SPEED ON MOUNTAIN ROADS
• NEW STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE MODEL FOR USE IN HIGHWAY GEOMETRIC DESIGN
• OPERATING SPEED ON CREST VERTICAL CURVES WITH LIMITED STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE
• RELIABILITY APPROACH TO INTERSECTION SIGHT DISTANCE DESIGN
• SAFETY EFFECTS OF LIMITED STOPPING SIGHT DISTANCE ON CREST VERTICAL CURVES
• SIGHT DISTANCE FOR STOP-CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS BASED ON GAP ACCEPTANCE
• SPEED REDUCTION AS A SURROGATE FOR ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE AT HORIZONTAL CURVES ON RURAL TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS
• SPEED-PROFILE MODEL FOR A DESIGN-CONSISTENCY EVALUATION PROCEDURE IN THE UNITED STATES
• SUMMARY OF DESIGN SPEED, OPERATING SPEED, AND DESIGN CONSISTENCY ISSUES
• TRUCK SPEED PROFILES