Active traffic management: comprehension, legibility, distance, and motorist behavior in response to selected variable speed limit and lane control signing / William A. Perez, Mary Anne Bertola, and Brian Philips.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Perez, William A., author.

Bertola, Mary Anne, author.

Philips, Brian, author.

Contributor:

Yang, C. Y. David.

Leidos, Inc.

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traffic flow--Management.

Traffic flow.

Traffic congestion--Management.

Traffic congestion.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 96 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

McLean, VA : U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Research, Development, and Technology, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, June 2016.

Summary:

Active traffic management (ATM) incorporates a collection of strategies allowing the dynamic management of recurrent and nonrecurrent congestion based on prevailing traffic conditions. These strategies help to increase peak capacity, smooth traffic flows, and enhance safety on busy major highways. This final report describes a series of experiments that developed and tested alternative signs focusing on lane control signs (LCS) and variable speed limit (VSL) signs and used the deployments in Minnesota and Washington as inputs to sign development. Laboratory and field studies determined both the comprehension of the ATM signs as well as their respective legibility distances. Two driving simulator studies helped determine how motorists responded to these signs in a simulated driving environment. Research results are discussed for the various studies, including legibility distances, driver behavior, speed selection, and visual clutter with respect to the used of the LCS and VSL signs.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF cover (FHWA. DOT.gov website, viewed July 02, 2018).

"June 2016."

"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-16-037."

"HRDS-30/06-16(WEB)E"--Page 4 of cover

"Performing organization: Leidos"--Technical report documentation page

"Contracting Officer's Representative, C.Y. David Yang"--Technical report documentation page

Includes tables.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96).

Other Format:

Print version: Perez, William A. Active traffic management: comprehension, legibility, distance, and motorist behavior in response to selected variable speed limit and lane control signing

OCLC:

1042329775