Coordination and safety procedures for mail delivery on roadways without shoulders : technical report /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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College Station, Tex. :
Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A & M University System,
[2009]
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| Series: | Research report (Austin, Tex.) ;
0-6076-1. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this online report |
| Abstract: | This research utilized interviews, focus groups, and surveys of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) employees to determine safety and coordination issues related to mail delivery on rural, two-lane highways without shoulders. Numerous crashes involving letter carriers have prompted this effort to identify ways to reduce the exposure of rural letter carriers on these types of highways, as well as to recommend innovative ways to improve coordination between the two agencies. This report contains the results and recommendations from that effort. Researchers addressed the following specific issues: (1) mailbox placement design standards; (2) mailbox turnout design criteria; (3) U.S. Postal Service efforts to improve safety for their rural letter carriers; (4) Texas Rural Letter Carriers Association input on ways to improve safety for their members; and (5) current TxDOT practices related to mailbox installation, turnout design, and coordination efforts with the U.S. Postal Service. This report includes data findings from the various studies and recommendations for improving safety for rural letter carriers, as well as ways for TxDOT and the USPS to improve coordination efforts. |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title screen. "Performed in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration." "February 2009. Published: August 2009." "Report number FHWA/TX-09/0-6076-1"--Technical report documentation p. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 36 pages : digital, PDF file with illustrations |
| Format: | System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 27). |