The 14 papers in the report deal with the following areas: operational effects of the longer and wider combination vehicles on the geometry of diamond interchanges; operational and economic considerations in an evaluation of geometric design alternatives; current collector--distributor road design practices; an analysis of safety at upgrade terminals of climbing lanes on two-lane highways; California experience with inside shoulder removals; models for evaluating the consistency of highway alignment; modeling conflicts at intersections hidden by vertical curves; recommendations for evaluating horizontal design consistency based on investigations in the state of New York; prediction of head-on accident sites; a primer on the clear zone; sight distance relationships involving horizontal curves; physical characteristics and cost-effectiveness of arterial flyovers; operational and geometric evaluation of exclusive truck facilities; moving-analysis program to evaluate geometric and operational feasibilities of exclusive truck facilities.


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    Title :

    Geometric Design and Operational Effects


    Contributors:
    B. M. Rajappan (author) / A. Polus (author) / P. R. Stefaniak (author) / W. S. Homburger (author) / T. Urbanik (author)

    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    151 pages



    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Geometric design and operational effects

    National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, USA | TIBKAT | 1987


    Geometric design and operational effects

    National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, USA | TIBKAT | 1988


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