Download or read book Report of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on Improvement of Hazardous Highway Sites in Virginia to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia written by Virginia. General Assembly. Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improvement of Hazardous Highway Sites in Virginia written by Virginia. General Assembly. Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Action Plan to Improve the Identification and Remediation of Hazardous Roadway Sites in Virginia written by Virginia. Traffic Engineering Division and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virginia s Action Plan for Federally Funded Highway Improvement Projects written by Virginia. Department of Highways and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virginia s Action Plan for Federally Funded Highway Improvement Projects written by Virginia. Department of Highways and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving Highway Information at Hazardous Locations written by Harold Lunenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report summarizes the results of Demonstration Project No. 48 -- Application of the Positive Guidance Process. The Positive Guidance process is designed to analyze a hazardous location's safety and/or operational problems and develop low-cost, short-range information system solutions"--Page v.

Download or read book Report to the General Assembly written by Virginia. General Assembly. Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Off site Road Improvements to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia written by Virginia. General Assembly. Joint Subcommittee Studying Off-site Road Improvements and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Engineering and Technology Measures to Improve Large Truck Safety written by Michael D. Fontaine and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a request by Frank S. Wolf and Jo Ann Davis of the U.S. House of Representatives, Governor Mark Warner formed a Special Task Force on Truck Safety in the fall of 2002. The objective of the task force was to examine ways to reduce the number of crashes involving large trucks on Virginia's roads. One of the goals of this task force was to identify engineering and technology measures that have the potential to improve large truck safety. The task force charged the Virginia Transportation Research Council with identifying engineering and technology measures that offer the potential to improve large truck safety. A literature review of these areas was conducted, and a survey of personnel in the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) was also carried out (1) to determine what measures have been implemented in Virginia, and (2) to solicit ideas for additional improvements. Traffic control improvements, geometric design changes, and intelligent transportation systems that improve truck safety are summarized in this report, and survey respondents. Recommendations for potential initiatives in engineering, enforcement, and education are also presented. The research showed that VDOT has already taken many actions to improve large truck safety issues and that further action could be taken in several areas: 1. VDOT's Mobility Management Division (MMD) should consider encouraging the use of dynamic truck speed advisory systems on freeway ramps where there are large numbers of rollover crashes. 2. VDOT's Location & Design Division should examine whether current design standards are adequate for the current truck fleet. 3. The MMD should consider developing guidelines for providing advance warning of the start of the red phase at intersections with limited sight distance. 4. The MMD should reexamine whether the truck lane restrictions are producing safety improvements. In addition to these measures, VDOT should continue to pursue the initiatives that are already underway, for example, the rumble strip program and measures to improve traveler information.

Download or read book Lessons Learned from Virginia s Pilot Corridor Safety Improvement Program written by Jack D. Jernigan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Program of Highway Improvement 1966 1975 written by Virginia. Department of Highways and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Improving the Highway System by Upgrading and Optimizing Traffic Control Devices Final Report written by Harold Lunenfeld and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Management Improvement Action Program for Virginia Dept of Highways written by Virginia. Department of Highways and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virginia Highway Bulletin written by Virginia. Department of Highways and published by . This book was released on 1948-11 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virginia State Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Use of Highway Geometrics to Identify Roadside Hazard Locations written by Robert F. Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years more than one-third of the nation's annual traffic fatalities have resulted from vehicle crashes with roadside obstacles. The purpose of this study was to determine if criteria developed for identifying roadside hazard locations in a Georgia study could be applied in Virginia to reduce the number of these crashes. Basically, the study was focused upon. roadway locations namely, (1) nonlocal highways, greater, and (2) curvature of 6 degrees or greater, and (3) 2% or steeper downgrades. . It consisted of (1) identifying all criteria sites on primary highways in Augusta County, (2) randomly selecting and then pairing ten sites meeting the criteria and ten sites not meeting the criteria, (3) collecting traffic accident data doe the sites , and (4) comparing the crash experience for the ten pairs. It was found that 2.6 times more single-vehicle fixed object crashes occurred at the sites meeting the Georgia criteria. It was recommended that officials managing the Virginia highway safety improvement program should place increased emphasis on low cost improvements by initiating action to remove or modify roadside hazards at locations meeting the three criteria. Such improvements could include special traffic signing, pavement grooving or resurfacing to increase skid resistance, repainting of pavement markings, .recontouring of ditches, relocation of utility poles, removal of trees on a selected basis, or the installation of guardrails.

Download or read book Development of a Systemic Safety Improvement Plan for Two Lane Rural Roads in Virginia written by Hyun W. Cho and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About 17,500 crashes per year occur on the more than 32,800 lane-miles of undivided two-lane rural roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), and crash numbers are increasing. Roadway departure (RD) crashes comprise about 58% of crashes on these roads. Since these crashes are widely distributed across the state, determining how and where to focus limited highway safety resources through the deployment of low-cost, high-benefit systemic countermeasures is paramount to beginning to reduce the number of crashes on these roads. This purpose of this study was to develop a systemic safety improvement plan for RD crashes on two-lane rural roads using low-cost countermeasures. Segments that have the potential for safety improvement were selected using VDOT’s RD safety performance functions. Decision tree analysis was applied to perform a systemic classification of roadway characteristics that are correlated with RD problems. A list of countermeasures to deploy to target specific segments and patterns was developed based on the literature and input from VDOT staff. The countermeasures were intended to warn of curves ahead, delineate curves, and warn of lane/road departure. Before deployment, a study of the section by VDOT district traffic engineering staff is planned in order to finalize the safety improvement plan. The output of the study will be a safety improvement plan to deploy treatments systemically to two-lane rural roads as part of VDOT’s safety program.