Roundabout Practices (2016) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
Pages 1-2
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 1... ...
ROUNDABOUT PRACTICES Over the past 25 years, traffic roundabouts have gone from nonexistent in the United States to being found in every state. In that time, state agencies have continued to update their roundabout policies, guidance, and practices, and this synthesis documents and summarizes these practices within state departments of transportation (DOTs)
|
From page 2... ...
2 use of design guidance, design life, design-vehicle guidance, and illumination of roundabouts. A brief summary of responses, detailed in chapter three, is provided here: • The primary reason cited for the selection of roundabouts is improved safety performance compared with other intersection options, followed by shorter vehicular delays and higher capacity.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.