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GCat: Construction and Design
MCat: Design
Cat: Roadside Safety Design

Design of roadside safety features: traffic barriers, crash cushions, structural supports of lighting, and drainage structures. Development of roadside safety features that provide cost effective safety to travelers.

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Behavioral Highway Safety Countermeasures [pdf] [35282] ?

Guidance for estimating the costs and benefits of behavioral countermeausures.

Development of a Driver Vehicle Module for the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model [33357] ?

Description of a software tool to help evaluate driver operations in roadway designs.

Effective Shoulder Design and Maintenance [pdf] [31374] ?

Report on performance issues of granular roadway shoulders and new design and maintance solutions.

Eliminating Cross-Median Fatalities: Statewide Installation of Median Cable Barrier in Missouri [pdf] [30605] ?

Overview of successful results of median cable barrier on highways.

Light and Alertness - Implications for Transportation Safety [pdf] [33293] ?

Report that examines literature in circadian photobiology and the impact of lighting characteristics on alertness.

Low-Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety [30505] ?

Report describes the treatment, shows examples, suggests when a treatment might be applicable, provides design features.

Roadway Departure Safety [35175] ?

Website of resources to improve roadside and crossing the centerline safety.

Traffic Safety Methodologies [32925] ?

Tools for explicitly predicted the changes in crash frequency expected from different roadway design components.

Urban Roadside Treatments [pdf] [35225] ?

Design guidelines for safe and aesthetic roadside treatments in urban areas.

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