A Performance-Based Highway Geometric Design Process

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/24626

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A Performance-Based Highway Geometric Design Process

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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 839: A Performance-Based Highway Geometric Design Process reviews the evolution of highway design, presents several key principles for today’s design challenges, provides suggestions for a new highway geometric design process, and demonstrates the value of the process through six case studies. The new process focuses on the transportation performance of the design rather than the selection of values from tables of dimensions applied across the range of facility types.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; Timothy R. Neuman; Richard C. Coakley; Srikanth Panguluri; Douglas W. Harwood

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. A Performance-Based Highway Geometric Design Process. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24626.

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278 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/24626

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xi
Summary	1-2
Chapter 1 - Introduction	3-4
Chapter 2 - The Evolution of Highway Design in the U.S.	5-24
Chapter 3 - Highway Geometric Design and Project Development	25-48
Chapter 4 - Guiding Principles for an Effective 21st Century Highway Design Process	49-67
Chapter 5 - Performance-Based Highway Design Process	68-122
Chapter 6 - Updating the Technical Guidance on Geometric Design in the AASHTO Policies	123-153
Chapter 7 - Value and Benefits of Improved Process	154-180
Chapter 8 - Research and Knowledge Needs to Fully Implement the Revised Process	181-191
Works Cited and Bibliography	192-194
Acronyms and Abbreviations	195-196
Appendix A - Example Performance Criteria Memorandum	197-209
Appendix B - Review of the 2011 AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design	210-218
Appendix C - Horizontal Curve Analysis	219-227
Appendix D - Operations and Maintenance Considerations for Geometric Design	228-238
Appendix E - The Future AASHTO Green Book	239-254

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