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Roadway safety : identifying needs and implementing countermeasures /

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主要作者: Chandler, Brian E. (Author)
格式: 電子 電子書
語言:英语
出版: New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2016.
版:First edition.
叢編:Transportation engineering collection.
主題:
Roads > Safety measures.
Transportation
safety
health
countermeasure
treatment
injury
fatality
intersection
lane departure
work zone
data
analysis
culture
exposure
crash
severity
speed
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書本目錄:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Identifying safety needs
  • 2.1 Understanding the needs
  • 2.2 Data needs: it all starts with data
  • 2.2.1 Crash history data
  • 2.2.2 Roadway data
  • 2.2.3 Exposure data
  • 2.3 Identifying safety needs: locations
  • 3. Individual location analysis
  • 3.1 Crash report
  • 3.1.1 Crash-level data elements
  • 3.1.2 Vehicle-level data elements
  • 3.1.3 Person-level data elements
  • 3.1.4 Telling the story: crash narrative and diagram
  • 3.2 Crash history diagram
  • 4. Countermeasure selection
  • 4.1 Criteria for selecting countermeasures
  • 4.1.1 Data-supported, established success
  • 4.1.2 Local success
  • 4.1.3 Engineering judgment
  • 4.1.4 Feasibility of implementation
  • 4.2 Countermeasures
  • 5. Intersections
  • 5.1 Uncontrolled intersections
  • 5.1.1 Sight distance improvements
  • 5.1.2 Add traffic control
  • 5.2 Two-way stop-controlled intersections
  • 5.2.1 Stop condition conspicuity
  • 5.2.2 Advanced warning
  • 5.2.3 Traffic calming
  • 5.2.4 Geometric design
  • 5.2.5 Pavement treatments
  • 5.2.6 Traffic signal to address unsignalized intersection crashes
  • 5.3 Expressway intersections
  • 5.3.1 Turn lane design
  • 5.3.2 Alternative designs, access control
  • 5.3.3 Grade separation
  • 5.4 Signalized intersections
  • 5.4.1 Traffic signal warrants
  • 5.4.2 Traffic signal conspicuity
  • 5.4.3 Wayfinding and lane placement
  • 5.4.4 Signal timing
  • 5.4.5 Left turns
  • 5.4.6 Red light running countermeasures
  • 5.4.7 Pedestrians at intersections
  • 5.5 Alternative intersection solutions
  • 5.5.1 Modern roundabout
  • 5.5.2 Other intersections
  • 5.6 Interchanges
  • 5.6.1 Applicable intersection and roadway departure treatments
  • 5.6.2 Additional low-cost treatments
  • 5.6.3 Alternative interchange designs
  • 6. Lane departure
  • 6.1 Overall approach to lane departure safety
  • 6.2 Curve treatments
  • 6.2.1 How sharp is the curve?
  • 6.2.2 Advance warning
  • 6.2.3 In-curve warning
  • 6.2.4 Speed reduction
  • 6.3 Single vehicle run off road
  • 6.3.1 Pavement marking
  • 6.3.2 Rumble strips
  • 6.3.3 Shoulders
  • 6.3.4 Safety edgesm
  • 6.3.5 Clear zone
  • 6.4 Opposite-direction crashes
  • 6.4.1 Centerline pavement marking
  • 6.4.2 No passing zones
  • 6.4.3 Raised pavement markers
  • 6.4.4 Centerline rumble strips
  • 6.4.5 Median barriers
  • 6.5 Wrong-way direction crashes
  • 6.5.1 Signing and pavement marking
  • 6.5.2 Active warning
  • 6.6 Weather and lighting conditions
  • 6.6.1 Wet pavement crashes
  • 6.6.2 Dark conditions
  • 6.7 Clear zone
  • 6.7.1 Flatten slopes
  • 6.7.2 Fixed object strategies
  • 7. Work zones
  • 7.1 Who are involved in work zone crashes?
  • 7.1.1 Road users in work zones
  • 7.1.2 Road workers
  • 7.2 Identifying work zone safety issues
  • 7.2.1 Safety-related data
  • 7.2.1.1 Data collection and analysis
  • 7.2.1.2 Challenges to work zone data collection and analysis
  • 7.3 Work zone safety issues and solutions
  • 7.3.1 General strategies
  • 7.3.1.1 Public communication
  • 7.3.1.2 Work zone reviews and audits
  • 7.3.2 Approaching a work zone
  • 7.3.2.1 Road work ahead signing
  • 7.3.2.2 Queueing
  • 7.3.3 Merge area
  • 7.3.3.1 Channelizers and tapers
  • 7.3.3.2 Early, late, and dynamic merge
  • 7.3.4 Work area
  • 7.3.4.1 Work zone speed limits
  • 7.3.4.2 Road users
  • 7.3.4.3 Work zone personnel
  • 7.4 Other work zone types
  • 8. Countermeasure implementation
  • 8.1 Spot location treatments
  • 8.1.1 Description, benefits, and disadvantages
  • 8.1.2 Tiered countermeasures
  • 8.2 Systemic approach
  • 8.2.1 Description
  • 8.2.1.1 Severe crash locations are random
  • 8.2.1.2 Severe crash types are predictable
  • 8.2.1.3 Focus on the predictable
  • 8.2.2 Benefits of the systemic approach
  • 8.2.3 Disadvantages of the systemic approach
  • 8.3 Policy-level approach
  • 8.4 Comprehensive safety: the 4 Es
  • 8.5 Combining approaches
  • 9. Future of traffic safety
  • 9.1 Zero roadway deaths: an attainable goal
  • 9.2 Addressing immediate needs
  • 9.3 Focusing on safety culture
  • 9.3.1 Public agency culture
  • 9.3.2 Road user culture
  • 9.4 Embracing the future
  • 9.4.1 Active transportation and transit
  • 9.4.2 Connected vehicles and vehicle-to-infrastructure technologies
  • 9.4.3 Autonomous vehicles
  • 9.5 Conclusion
  • Index.

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