Assessing the impacts of right-turn lanes on rural and suburban highways /
Dedicated right-turn lanes (RTLs) are typically installed on highways and arterial roads at intersections to improve motor vehicle traffic operations and avoid high-speed rear-end crashes. However, vehicles decelerating or queued in an RTL may obstruct the view of drivers turning onto or crossing th...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Transportation Research Board,
[2023].
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| Series: | NCHRP research report ;
1062. |
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| Summary: | Dedicated right-turn lanes (RTLs) are typically installed on highways and arterial roads at intersections to improve motor vehicle traffic operations and avoid high-speed rear-end crashes. However, vehicles decelerating or queued in an RTL may obstruct the view of drivers turning onto or crossing the major road from the minor road at stop-controlled intersections where operating speeds are relatively high on the major road. NCHRP Research Report 1062: Assessing the Impacts of Right-Turn Lanes on Rural and Suburban Highways, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, presents a state-of-the-art update to enhance the safety performance of RTLs on rural and suburban roads. Supplement to the report is a sightline tool dataset. |
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| Physical Description: | 164 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 79). |
| ISBN: | 9780309699228 0309699223 |