Books of Median strips
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Unsignalized Full Median Openings in Close Proximity to Signalized Intersections
By Karen DixonMany agencies discourage access within the functional area of a signalized intersection, as recommended in current access management guidelines, which also suggests that unsignalized median openings be bidirectional openings designed for ...
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Operational Impacts of Median Width on Larger Vehicles
By Douglas W. Harwood, William D. Glauz... Utah DOT ARNOLD F. WELLMAN , JR . , VP / Corporate Public Affairs , United Parcel Service JAMES A. WILDING , President and CEO , Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority M. GORDON WOLMAN , Professor of Geography and Environmental ...
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Safety of U-turns at Unsignalized Median Openings
By National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Ingrid B. PottsNearby Features The proximity of a median opening to the following nearby features influences the operational and safety performance of the median opening: • Driveways, • Adjacent median openings, • Signalized intersections, ...
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Median Intersection Design
By Douglas W. HarwoodIn 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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Impact of Shoulder Width and Median Width on Safety
Such strategies include the use of center two-way left-turn lanes or removal of curb parking, and most of these strategies ... between various design elements and suggests careful evaluation of the use of narrower-than-typical lanes.
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Zone of Intrusion Envelopes Under MASH Impact Conditions for Rigid Barrier Attachments
By Luis Rodríguez, Cody S. Stolle, Jennifer RasmussenThe TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 1018: Zone of Intrusion Envelopes Under MASH Impact Conditions for Rigid Barrier Attachments seeks to develop zone of intrusion (ZOI) envelopes for a variety of ...