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http://onlinepubs.trb.org.../circulars/ec019/ec019.pdf

This paper provides insights into road safety audits (RSAs) and their application. The objective is to provide an overview of the road safety audit process and to describe the applicability of road safety audits in evaluating safety deficiencies on existing urban roads and streets. The focus is to use an RSA in the safety review process. This application helps to demonstrate the value added by using RSAs. The major potential gain, however, lies in integrating the process into the planning of new facilities and the design and construction of improvement projects. The RSA of an existing facility, however, provides an assessment of existing facilities only from the safety point of view. The emphasis is on the prevention of potential crashes.

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00812391

E-C019,
Paper A-1
Paper A-2

English

11 p.

2000-12

Transportation Research Circular

Figures (7) ; References (7)

Deficiencies; Highway design; Highway planning; Highway safety; Improvements; Prevention; Safety; Safety audits; Streets; Urban highways

Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

Jun 6 2001 12:00AM

• A PRACTITIONER'S PERSPECTIVE ON FLEXIBLE DESIGN
• ACCESS SPACING AND ACCIDENTS: A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS
• ACCESS SPACING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
• ARTERIAL SPEED CALMING: MOHAWK ROAD CASE STUDY
• CALMING NEW YORK CITY INTERSECTIONS
• CITIZEN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING: A WORKING MODEL
• CONTINUOUS SPEED MEASUREMENT OF INDIVIDUAL DRIVERS ON SUBURBAN ARTERIALS
• CURB PARKING FINDINGS REVISITED
• DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR EXISTING UTILITY POLES IN URBAN AREAS
• DESIGNING FUNCTIONAL STREETS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
• DEVELOPING STREET STANDARDS THAT ALLOW FLEXIBILITY
• DOWNTOWN STREETS: ARE WE STRANGLING OURSELVES IN ONE-WAY NETWORKS?
• DRIVEWAY SPACING AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
• ECONOMIC IMPACTS OR RAISED MEDIANS ON ADJACENT BUSINESSES
• IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC CALMING
• LINKING LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION THROUGH STREET DESIGN
• MOBILITY-FRIENDLY STREET STANDARDS FOR DELAWARE
• NEOTRADITIONAL DESIGN: MOBILITY FOR ALL AGES
• PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE BASED ON TRIP QUALITY
• PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A SUBURBAN NEOTRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD
• PREDICTING ANNUAL INTERSECTION ACCIDENTS WITH CONFLICT OPPORTUNITIES
• PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN MEDIAN PROJECTS
• PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF MEDIAN TREATMENT FOR DEVELOPED URBAN ROADS
• QUESTIONABLE CONCEPTS IN NEOTRADITIONAL SUBDIVISION DESIGN
• RIGHT-TURN TREATMENT FOR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS
• SPEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR COLLECTORS AND ARTERIALS
• SPEED PROFILES: A METHOD FOR ANALYZING SPEED ADAPTATION BY CAR DRIVERS
• STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS
• STREET SPACING AND SCALE
• THE CONVERSION OF FOUR-LANE UNDIVIDED URBAN ROADWAYS TO THREE-LANE FACILITIES
• THE SPLIT INTERSECTION: A SOLUTION FOR A CONGESTED INTERSECTION
• UNCONVENTIONAL LEFT-TURN ALTERNATIVES FOR URBAN AND SUBURBAN ARTERIALS: AN UPDATE
• URBAN ROADWAY CLASSIFICATION: BEFORE THE DESIGN BEGINS
• URBAN STREET CROSS SECTION AND SPEED ISSUES
• WEST PALM BEACH TRAFFIC CALMING: THE SECOND GENERATION