Author: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780309154697
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report contains guidelines that provide human factors principles and findings for consideration by highway designers and traffic engineers. The guidelines allow the non-expert in human factors to more effectively consider the roadway user's capabilities and limitations in the design and operation of highway facilities. The following chapters are included in collection C: (16) Special Considerations for Rural Environments; (17) Speed Perception, Speed Choice, and Speed Control; (18) Signing; (19) Changeable Message Signs; (20) Markings; (22) Tutorials (Tutorials 4, 5, 6); (23) References (Updated); (24) Glossary; (25) Index; and (26) Abbreviations (Updated).
Author: Darren J. Torbic
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 0309117992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This report provides guidance for the design and application of shoulder and centerline rumble strips as an effective crash reduction measure, while minimizing adverse effects for motorcyclists, bicyclists, and nearby residents. Using the results of previous studies and the research conducted under this project, safety effectiveness estimates were developed for shoulder rumble strips on rural freeways and rural two-lane roads and for centerline rumble strips on rural and urban two-lane roads.
Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Publisher: AASHTO
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 907
ISBN-13: 1560515082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James P. Cowan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-03-22
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1118895673
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides a summary of current research results on the physiological and psychological effects of sound on people Covers how the operation of the hearing mechanism affects our reactions to sounds Includes research results from studies on noise sources of public concern such as transportation, public utility, and recreational sources, with emphasis on low frequency sound and infrasound Covers sounds that affect some but not others, how sounds can be controlled on a practical level, and how and what sounds are regulated Includes coverage of both positive and negative effects of sound
Author: Marcus Brewer
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 0309223598
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →RB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 432: Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations reviews and summarizes roadway geometric design literature completed and published from 2001 through early 2011, particularly research that identified impacts on safety and operations.