Evaluation of the 13 Controlling Criteria for Geometric Design

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/22291

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Evaluation of the 13 Controlling Criteria for Geometric Design

(2014)

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 783: Evaluation of the 13 Controlling Criteria for Geometric Design describes the impact of the controlling roadway design criteria on safety and operations for urban and rural roads.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; Douglas W. Harwood; Jessica M. Hutton; Chris Fees; Karin M. Bauer; Alan Glen; Heidi Ouren; Quincy Engineering; Inc. HQE

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Transportation and Infrastructure — Design

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2014. Evaluation of the 13 Controlling Criteria for Geometric Design. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/22291.

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94 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/22291

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-vii
Summary	1-2
Section 1 - Introduction	3-4
Section 2 - Design Criteria, Traffic Operational and Safety Effects, and Mitigation Strategies for the 13 Controlling Criteria	5-41
Section 3 - Design Exception Practices	42-48
Section 4 - Expanded Traffic Operational and Safety Knowledge Concerning the 13 Controlling Criteria	49-61
Section 5 - Refinement of Definitions for the 13 Controlling Criteria	62-67
Section 6 - Prioritization of the 13 Controlling Criteria	68-80
Section 7 - Interpretation of Results	81-85
Section 8 - Conclusions and Recommendations	86-89
References	90-92

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