A decision support tool for selecting traffic control devices.

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• Creators:
  Robertson, James ; Hawkins Jr, H Gene
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.) ; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Case studies
  • Decision support systems
  • Performance measurement
  • Surveys
  • Traffic control devices
  • Traffic control devices
  • decision theory
  • performance management
  • performance measurement
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/15/600451-00008-1 ; 600451-00008-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and transportation profession continue updating and ; publishing the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). However, it is beyond the scope of ; the MUTCD to provide the breadth of knowledge necessary for evaluating traffic control devices (TCDs) ; as part of the larger transportation system. In this report, researchers use existing theory and a survey of ; transportation professionals to develop a decision support tool for use in selecting TCDs. To accomplish ; this, researchers first use a survey of transportation professionals to evaluate the relative importance of ; safety, mobility, environmental sustainability, and economic activity when selecting TCDs. This ; investigation leads researchers to conclude that the best solution meets local needs and desires, conforms to ; engineering principles and practice, and provides an engineering benefit. Additionally, this investigation ; finds that safety and mobility are the engineering benefits driving the selection of TCDs. Next, researchers ; use a portion of the same survey of transportation professionals to evaluate the importance of crashes, ; driver compliance, and mobility when ranking transportation alternatives. This investigation finds that ; compliance is a reasonable surrogate measure of safety in the absence of crash data. Additionally, within ; this evaluation, researchers identify performance measures for use in selecting traffic control devices. ; Finally, researchers use the relative importance of agency objectives evaluation and the identified ; performance measures to develop a decision support tool for use in selecting TCDs. Researchers ; demonstrate the use of this decision support tool with a case study.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC06
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31275/dot_31275_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.49 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ab9220f11f8e68c5ebcc55b486d55b5bfe9f9dcb584f29721997037e8c11662e