Evaluation of Rural Guide Signing: First Year Activities

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• Creators:
  Hawkins, H. Gene, Jr. ; Bartoskewitz, Richard T. ; Fenno, David W. ; Distin, James M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Contributors:
  Rhodes, Lewis
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Transfer Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Driver Information Systems Evaluation Guide Signs Roadway Guidance Markers Rural Areas Signs Surveys
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/TX-93/1373-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim: September 1992-August 1993
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This report describes the tasks conducted during the first year of a three-year study evaluating the use of guide signs on conventional highways in rural areas. The tasks were concentrated in four basic activity areas: 1) assessment of current practice, 2) identification of driver information needs, 3) evaluation of guide sign legibility, and 4) identification of potential study sites. Some of the first-year tasks include: a survey of TxDOT district signing practices, a driver survey assessing the information needs of drivers and their understanding of conventional guide signs, an evaluation of the legibility of the State Highway and Farm-to-Market Road (F.M.) route markers and two designs for cardinal direction markers.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  0-1373
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bbfd63e45b836a9af23ee38c11b9bcaa234136b1bfca50ef4e331c7f95fe0b4c34604a19d40caea7e85774c67676c590782272ae866a4a97ccb92d350f138a2a
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82653/dot_82653_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.41 MB ]