Evaluation and Modification of Sight Distance Criteria Used by TxDOT

Evaluation and Modification of Sight Distance Criteria Used by TxDOT
Author: Mark Douglas Wooldridge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1998
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

Sight distance is an important consideration in roadway design, affecting many aspects of highway safety and operations. Ramp, interchange, and intersection designs are typically completed in tightly constrained spaces with many structural, earthwork, and roadway features present that may obstruct sight distance. These features are not easily moved; if consideration of sight distance constraints is not given early in the design process, designs may be compromised and a reduced level of safety may be encountered by the public on the completed roadway. After conducting a literature review of design criteria, three case studies of interchange ramps, and a thorough review of the TxDOT Design Division Operations and Procedures Manual, recommended revisions were prepared for the manual. These revisions include material intended to clarify and extend the consideration of sight distance in roadway design.

Passing Sight Distance Criteria

Passing Sight Distance Criteria
Author: Douglas W. Harwood
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2008
Genre: Automobile driving
ISBN: 0309099277

At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Author: PARTHA CHAKROBORTY
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 8120320840

This detailed introduction to transportation engineering is designed to serve as a comprehensive text for under-graduate as well as first-year master's students in civil engineering. In order to keep the treatment focused, the emphasis is on roadways (highways) based transportation systems, from the perspective of Indian conditions.