Highway design, 2012.

TRBs Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2309 consists of 20 papers that examine weathered steel beam guardrails; longitudinal barriers struck by large trucks; continuous speed profile models for two-lane rural roads; integrating context-sensitive soluti...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 2012.
Series:Transportation research record ; 2309.
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Online Access:http://trb.metapress.com/content/l32q68470p30
Table of Contents:
  • Probabilistic model for design of freeway acceleration speed-change lanes
  • Safety evaluation of geometric design criteria for spacing of entrance-exit ramp sequence and use of auxiliary lanes
  • Effect of roadside features on single-vehicle roadway departure crashes on rural two-lane roads
  • Maximizing intersection capacity through unconventional geometric design of two-phase intersections
  • Geometric design, speed, and safety
  • Design guidance for freeway main-line ramp terminals
  • Structural and safety investigation of statewide performance of weathered steel beam guardrail in North Carolina
  • Field application and assessment of the safety edge
  • Development and implementation of the simplified Midwest Guardrail System stiffness transition
  • Development of Universal breakaway steel post for Bullnose median barrier
  • Low-cost median barrier gate
  • Comparison of crash test and simulation results for impact of Silverado pickup into New Jersey Barrier under Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
  • Real-world performance of longitudinal barriers struck by large trucks
  • Minimum rail height and design impact load for longitudinal barriers that meet test level 4 of Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
  • The twain shall meet: proposed method for integrating context-sensitive solutions into design-build programs
  • New approach to defining continuous speed profile models for two-lane rural roads
  • Reducing turbidity of construction site runoff: coagulation with polyacrylamide
  • Characterization of stormwater runoff from North Carolina bridges and determination of effects on selected receiving waters
  • Canal wave oscillations from expansion of I-84 bridge in Boise, Idaho
  • Utility investigation trends in Texas.