Horizontal Curves Virtual Peer Exchange [2012-05]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Roadway Safety Professional Capacity Building (RSPCB) Peer-to-Peer Program
• Creators:
  Smichenko, Susan
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  High Friction Surface Treatments Highway Curves Horizontal Curves Local Roads Ran Off Road Crashes Roadway Departures
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Arkansas;Georgia;Kentucky;North Carolina;Pennsylvania;Virginia;Washington
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety
• Abstract:
  This report provides a summary of a peer-to-peer videoconference sponsored by
  
  the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Safety. The
  
  videoconference, which piloted a virtual event format, is part of a series of
  
  roadway departure-focused peer exchanges sponsored by the Office of Safety as
  
  a follow-up to face-to-face peer exchanges held with roadway departure Focus
  
  States in 2008 and 2009.
  
  The Office of Safety selected seven States — Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North
  
  Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington — to participate in this pilot
  
  virtual peer exchange. The selected States are among the top ten for percentage
  
  of fatal crashes on horizontal curves, and share mountainous topography.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:063e7895c23f62da694fec4f9bbf66db2806877e4a9f27a8d60b3e9a4a7fd1c63d59210b99ac82365567136c6a0b6e1ed5462df98ab2205e7c7acf0df5866733
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12326/dot_12326_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 255.21 KB ]