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This report summarizes the development and content of a compendium and summary of human factors research supporting the Integrated Program for the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model and Safety Research project. The report is a comprehensive and easy-to-use resource that summarizes the accumulated human factors knowledge and practices that are relevant to human cognition, perception, and behavior in the areas of intersections, speed management, pedestrians and bicyclists, and visibility of traffic control devices and materials. It is intended for use by both human factors and nonhuman factors participants (i.e., engineers, designers, program managers) in addressing general safety areas, including driver behavior at intersections, and in developing tools and procedures for intersection design.
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Michael Trentacoste
Director, Office of Safety
Research and Development
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1. Report No. FHWA-HRT-06-034 | 2. Government Accession No. | 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. | |
4. Title and Subtitle Human Factors Literature Reviews on Intersections, Speed Management, Pedestrians and Bicyclists, and Visibility | 5. Report Date July 2006 | ||
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7. Author(s) Kludt, K.; Brown, J.L.; Richman, J.; and Campbell, J.L. | 8. Performing Organization Report No. | ||
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Battelle Human Factors Transportation Center | 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) | ||
11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-04-C-00006 | |||
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Office of Engineering Research and Development | 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Integrative Report | ||
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15. Supplementary Notes Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR): Raymond A. Krammes, HRDS-05; | |||
16. Abstract The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is currently addressing several general safety areas, including examining driver behavior at intersections, developing tools and procedures for intersection design, and conducting human factors literature reviews for Safety research and development (R&D) program areas such as Intersections, Speed Management, Pedestrians and Bicyclists, and Visibility. As a part of task B.2 of the Integrated Program for the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model and Safety Research project for FHWA, the Battelle team conducted literature searches on human cognition, perception, and behavior in the areas of intersections (signalized and nonsignalized intersections), speed management (infrastructure influences on driver speed), pedestrians and bicyclists (nonmotorized transportation), and visibility (visibility of traffic control devices and materials). This report describes the activities and results associated with task B.2: Human Factors Literature Reviews in Safety R&D Research program areas. A total of 141 documents were initially identified from earlier reviews, database searches, Web site searches, and recommendations from FHWA staff as potentially having relevance to this project. After an initial review of these documents, 113 were chosen for inclusion in the literature review. | |||
17. Key Words Intersections, Pedestrians, Bicyclists, Speed Management, Visibility, Interactive Highway Safety Design Model | 18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. This document is available to the public through | ||
19. Security Classification (of this report) None | 20. Security Classification (of this page) None | 21. No. of Pages 286 | 22. Price |
| Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) | Reproduction of completed page authorized |
2. METHODS
2.1 OVERVIEW
2.2 IDENTIFY AND OBTAIN DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW
2.3 CONDUCT DOCUMENT REVIEWS
2.4 DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN DOCUMENT TRACKING TOOL
3. RESULTS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 INTERSECTIONS
3.3 SPEED MANAGEMENT
3.4 PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES
3.5 VISIBILITY
APPENDIX A. MASTER REFERENCE LIST
APPENDIX B. GUIDE FOR DOCUMENT REVIEWERS
Figure 1. Two-page format used for the individual reviews in the research compendium
Table 1. Status summary table
Table 2. References for Intersections section
Table 3. References for Speed Management section
Table 4. References for Pedestrians and Bicyclists section
Table 5. References for Visibility section
Table 6. Status summary table
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