Safety of U-turns at Unsignalized Median Openings

Safety of U-turns at Unsignalized Median Openings
ISBN-10
0309088054
ISBN-13
9780309088053
Category
Median strips
Pages
142
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Transportation Research Board
Authors
National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Ingrid B. Potts

Description

"TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 524: Safety of U-Turns at Unsignalized Median Openings includes recommended guidelines for locating and designing unsignalized median openings, and a methodology for comparing the relative safety performance of different designs"--Publisher's description.

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