Developing Pavement Safety-Based Guidelines for Improving Horizontal Curve Safety [Project Summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Pratt, Michael P. ; Geedipally, Srinivas ; Wilson, Bryan ; Das, Subasish ; Brewer, Marcus A. ; Lord, Dominique
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute ; Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Benefit cost analysis
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Guidelines
  • Highway curves
  • Highway safety
  • Pavements
  • Service life
  • Skid resistance
  • Wet weather
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Project Summary
• Contracting Officer:
  Jensen, Darrin
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Horizontal curves are an essential part of the rural highway system, yet they experience a disproportionate percentage of the state’s crashes, particularly run-off-road and wet-weather crashes. It is desirable to implement safety countermeasures to reduce these crashes, but the presence of large numbers of curves on the system makes it essential to weigh the cost-effectiveness of proposed countermeasures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-6932
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64537/dot_64537_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 261.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f123bee2cae31dccc5c1b5d5f6667abf31bf38223b6dc0054ba5f46193fd237a3b60b8e0c3939f52da533aec38bd1ab9722007b85a533970f6036ed299346bd0