Median Intersection Design

Median Intersection Design
ISBN-10
0309057043
ISBN-13
9780309057042
Category
Median strips
Pages
93
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Transportation Research Board
Author
Douglas W. Harwood

Description

In fact , far from confusing drivers , the three rural , unsignalized intersections with medians more than 31 m ... The implication that , by contrast , longer median openings are desirable at suburban intersections seems less well ...

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