Evaluation of shared lane markings.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

Series:

Techbrief

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--United States--Safety measures.

Roads.

Bicycle lanes--United States.

Bicycle lanes.

Traffic lanes--United States--Safety measures.

Traffic lanes.

Rural roads--United States--Safety measures.

Rural roads.

Low-volume roads--United States--Safety measures.

Low-volume roads.

Low-volume roads--Safety measures.

Roads--Safety measures.

Rural roads--Safety measures.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

McLean, VA : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, [2010]

Summary:

Shared lane markings help convey to motorists and bicyclists that they must share the roads on which they operate. The markings create improved conditions by clarifying where bicyclists are expected to ride and by notifying motorists to expect bicyclists on the road. Figure 1 illustrates a generic sharrow as it appears in the 2009 version of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The present study was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and its purpose was to evaluate the impact of several uses of shared lane pavement markings, specifically the sharrow design, on operational and safety measures for bicyclists and motorists. Experiments were conducted in Cambridge, MA; Chapel Hill, NC; and Seattle, WA. This TechBrief provides a summary of the findings from the research, and the corresponding main technical report (FHWA HRT 10 041) provides additional details.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 9, 2011).

"October 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (page 8).

"HRDS-07/10-10(2M)E."

"FHWA-HRT-10-044."

Other Format:

Print version: Evaluation of shared lane markings

OCLC:

721316959