Geometric Design Practices For European Roads

Reviews & documents European procedures & practices in roadway geometric design & context sensitive design, in which a balance is sought between safety & mobility needs & community interests. In European countries, the general philosophy for highway design & project development is to develop a transport. program & system that enhances community values & integrates roadways into communities & the environment, with very high safety goals. There are potentially transferable practices to the U.S. re: public involvement in project planning: self-explaining, self-enforcing rural roads; design flexibility; area-wide traffic calming measures; intersection control through roundabouts; & integration of bicyclists & pedestrians. Illustrated.

A properly designed roadway takes into consideration mobility and safety while addressing natural and human environmental aspects.

Explore the Art and Science of Geometric DesignThe Geometric Design of Roads Handbook covers the design of the visible elements of the road-its horizontal and vertical alignments, the cross-section, intersections, and interchanges. Good practice allows the smooth and safe flow of traffic as well as easy maintenance. Geometric design is covered in d

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 659: Guide for the Geometric Design of Driveways explores guidelines related to the geometric design of driveways. The report includes driveway-related terms and definitions, an examination of basic geometric controls, a summary of access spacing principles, and detailed discussions of various geometric design elements. Material related to and supporting the contents of NCHRP Report 659, including an extensive review of literature, has been published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 151: Geometric Design of Driveways.

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