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Access management is the process of balancing the competing needs of traffic movement and land access. Access management provides access to land development while simultaneously preserving the safe and efficient flow of traffic on the roadway system. It applies traffic engineering principles to the location, design and operation of access drives serving activities along the highway. It evaluates the suitability of providing access to a given road, as well as the suitability of a site for land development. It addresses the basic questions - when and where access should be located, how it should be designed, and the procedures needed to administer the program. In broad context, it is resource management, since it is a way to anticipate and prevent safety problems and congestion. Access management includes: 1. Classifying roadways based upon functional criteria which reflect the importance of each roadway to statewide, regional and local mobility; 2. Defining allowable levels of access for each road class, including criteria for the spacing of signalized and unsignalized access points; 3. Applying appropriate geometric design criteria and traffic engineering analysis to the allowable access; and 4. Adopting appropriate regulations and administrative procedures. The highest levels of access location and design are applied to freeways and arterials. The least access control is applied to local roads - including minor collectors and local access roads.

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2000

Fourth National Access Management Conference

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Access; Access control (Transportation); Access roads; Administration; Arterial highways; Classification; Design; Development; Freeways; Highway traffic; Intersections; Land use; Location; Operations; Regulations; Resource allocation; Secondary roads; Spacing; Traffic engineering; Traffic flow

Administration and Management; Design; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Dec 27 2003 12:00AM

• 135TH STREET CORRIDOR TRAFFIC STUDY
• A METHODOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE IMPACTS OF PROHIBITING MEDIAN OPENING MOVEMENTS
• ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND CORRIDOR PLANNING, THE OKALOOSA COUNTY EXPERIENCE
• ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN MONTANA: FROM STATEWIDE PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION
• ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA
• ACCESS SPACING AND SAFETY: RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS
• APPLYING CONTEXT SENSITIVE HIGHWAY DESIGN TO ACHIEVE ACCESS MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
• CASE STUDIES OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RAISED MEDIANS ON ADJACENT BUSINESSES: STUDY METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS
• COMPARISON OF DELAY AND ACCIDENTS ON THREE ROADWAY ACCESS DESIGNS IN SPRINGFIELD
• GEORGIA STUDY CONFIRMS THE CONTINUING SAFETY ADVANTAGE OF RAISED MEDIANS OVER TWO-WAY LEFT-TURN LANES
• INDIRECT LEFT TURNS - THE MICHIGAN EXPERIENCE
• INTEGRATED TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT
• LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR INTERCHANGE AREAS
• OREGON'S NEW ACCESS MANAGEMENT RULES: A STUDY IN PROCESS, POLITICS AND PRAGMATISM
• SUCCESSFUL MEDIAN MODIFICATIONS PROJECT -- CASE STUDY
• SYMBIOTIC, OPPORTUNISTIC, OMNIVORES: A PERSPECTIVE ON NEW YORK'S ARTERIAL ACCESS MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE
• THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MEDIANS: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH