Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-rail Grade Crossings, 2010

Traffic Control Devices, Visibility, and Highway-rail Grade Crossings, 2010 PDF Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
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ISBN: 9780309142809
Category : Highway-railroad grade crossings
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Book Description
"This issue contains 13 papers that are concerned with traffic control devices, visibility, and highway-rail grade crossings. Specific topics discussed include the following: school traffic control devices; speed control at rural intersections; innovation in temporary pedestrian signing; chevrons with full retroreflective signposts on rural horizontal curves; protected-permissive left-turn signal control; reducing speed with converging chevron pavement markings on freeway ramps; rumble strips; pedestrian countdown signals influence on vehicle speed; dynamic emergency vehicle warning sign impact on driver behavior; dilemma zone driver behavior; internally versus externally illuminated on-premise signs; impacts of highway-rail grade crossings on surface mobility; and speed reduction profiles affecting vehicle interactions at level crossings with no trains."--pub. desc.