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| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-10-0040 | |
| Project Name: | Improving Signing and Markings at Complex Interchanges | |
| Project Status: | Completed | |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2010 | |
| End Date: | September 13, 2012 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Shurbutt | |
| First Name: | Jim | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3420 | |
| E-mail: | jimmy.shurbutt@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Safety Research and Development | |
| Team: | Human Factors Team [HRDS-30] | |
| Program: | Safety Innovation Deployment | |
| Project detail | ||
| Project Description: | The objective of the project is to identify potential improvements to current marking and signing practices for complex interchanges. | |
| Goals: | The key project objective is to identify potential improvements to current marking and signing practices for complex interchanges. A human factors study will be conducted to examine these alternative signing and marking treatments to determine their effects on driver decisionmaking, comfort, and safety. | |
| Product Type: | Research report | |
| Test Methodology: | Applied Simulation | |
| Partners: | Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development, and Technology - Office of Safety Research and Development; Role(s): Advisory | |
| Expected Benefits: | The expected benefit is the ability to design better directional signing that delivers a better message with more accurate and intuitive information as well as overall design of interchanges. | |
| Deliverables: | Name: Final report. Product Type(s): Research report Description: The deliverables are recommendations for navigation signage to aid complex interchange design. | |
| FHWA Topics: | Road Operations and Congestion--Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) | |
| TRT Terms: | Safety Interchanges Research Signs Human Factors Road Markings Design |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Design Operations Safety |
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| Subject Areas: | Highways Research Safety and Human Factors Design |
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