Highway Design, 2015

 

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2521, includes 19 papers that explore information related to highway design, including:

  • Continuous Speed Profiles to Investigate Drivers’ Behavior on Two-Lane Rural Highways
  • Design Gap Acceptance for Right-Turning Vehicles Based on Vehicle Acceleration Capabilities
  • Heuristic Approach to Identifying Horizontal Curves and Their Parameters Given Lidar Point Cloud Data
  • Controlling Crest Vertical Curvature Rates Based on Variable Grade Stopping Sight Distance Calculation
  • Safety Effectiveness of Variable Speed Limit System in Adverse Weather Conditions on Challenging Roadway Geometry
  • Combined Crash Frequency–Crash Severity Evaluation of Geometric Design Decisions: Entrance–Exit Ramp Spacing and Auxiliary Lane Presence
  • Minimum Effective Length for the Midwest Guardrail System
  • Reduction in Fatal Longitudinal Barrier Crash Rate Due to Electronic Stability Control
  • Quantitative Method for Assessing the Level of Deterioration of Round Wood Guardrail Posts
  • Proposed Horizontal Curve and Vertical Grade Encroachment Adjustment Factors
  • Proposed Heavy Vehicle Encroachment Adjustment Factor
  • Use of Risk Analysis to Minimize Adverse Consequences in Nonstandard Designs
  • Design and Full-Scale Testing of Low-Cost Texas Department of Transportation Type T631 Bridge Rail for MASH Test Level 2 and 3 Applications
  • Development of Socketed Foundations for Cable Guardrail Posts
  • Reimagining the Right-of-Way: Designing Streets as Environmental and Economic Assets for Active Living and Healthy Environments
  • Installation Enhancements to Common Inlet Protection Practices Using Large-Scale Testing Techniques
  • Streamlining of Bridge Piers as Scour Countermeasures: Optimization of Cross Sections
  • Streamlining of Bridge Piers as Scour Countermeasures: Effects of Curvature of Vertical Profiles
  • Innovations in Utility Conflict Management: Lessons Learned from Pilot Implementation of Utility Conflict Matrix Tools

Read TRR No. 2521

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