Roadside Design Guide

Roadside Design Guide
Author: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety
Publisher:
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1989
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

Guidelines on the Use and Operation of Changeable Message Signs

Guidelines on the Use and Operation of Changeable Message Signs
Author: Conrad L. Dudek
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1992
Genre: Highway communications
ISBN:

This report is intended to be a primer on the characteristics that affect the design, use and operations of changeable message signs (CMSs), and to provide guidance on the selection of the appropriate type of CMS display. Guidelines on the selection and design of CMS messages are presented in a companion report, Report No. FHWA/TX-92/1232-10 entitled "Guidelines on the Selection and Design of Messages for Changeable Message Signs". This report is an update and consolidation of the following reports: (1) C.L. Dudek and R.D. Huchingson, "Manual on Real-Time Motorist Information Displays", FHWA-IP-86-16, August 1986; (2) C.L. Dudek, "Guidelines on the Use of Changeable Message Signs", FHWA-TS-90-043, May 1991; and (3) C.L. Dudek, "Portable Changeable Message Signs at Work Zones", FHWA/TX-85/07+292-4, July 1984

Development of a Field Guide for Portable Changeable Message Sign Use in Work Zones

Development of a Field Guide for Portable Changeable Message Sign Use in Work Zones
Author: Gerald L. Ullman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2005
Genre: Road work zones
ISBN:

In this report, researchers document the development of a field guide for portable changeable message sign use in work zones. Included in the report is a summary and critique of available national and state-level standards and guidance on portable changeable message sign (PCMS) use, description of the components included in the field guide, and implementation considerations for field guide deployment. The field guide was developed as a stand-alone product, but is included for illustrative purposes as an appendix to this report.

Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems

Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems
Author: John L. Campbell
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2012
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309258162

"This report completes and updates the first edition of NCHRP Report 600: Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems (HFG), which was published previously in three collections. The HFG contains guidelines that provide human factors principles and findings for consideration by, and is a resource document for, highway designers, traffic engineers, and other safety practitioners."--Foreword.

Wayfinding and Signing Guidelines for Airport Terminals and Landside

Wayfinding and Signing Guidelines for Airport Terminals and Landside
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2011
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309213460

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 52: Wayfinding and Signing Guidelines for Airport Terminals and Landside is designed to provide airports with the tools necessary to help passengers find their way in and around the airport.