TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2521, includes 19 papers that explore information related to highway design, including: * Continuous Speed Profiles to Investigate Drivers’ Behavior on Two-Lane Rural Highways * Design Gap Acceptance for Right-Turning Vehicles Based on Vehicle Acceleration Capabilities * Heuristic Approach to Identifying Horizontal Curves and Their Parameters Given Lidar Point Cloud Data * Controlling Crest Vertical Curvature Rates Based on Variable Grade Stopping Sight Distance Calculation * Safety Effectiveness of Variable Speed Limit System in Adverse Weather Conditions on Challenging Roadway Geometry * Combined Crash Frequency—Crash Severity Evaluation of Geometric Design Decisions: Entrance—Exit Ramp Spacing and Auxiliary Lane Presence * Minimum Effective Length for the Midwest Guardrail System * Reduction in Fatal Longitudinal Barrier Crash Rate Due to Electronic Stability Control * Quantitative Method for Assessing the Level of Deterioration of Round Wood Guardrail Posts * Proposed Horizontal Curve and Vertical Grade Encroachment Adjustment Factors * Proposed Heavy Vehicle Encroachment Adjustment Factor * Use of Risk Analysis to Minimize Adverse Consequences in Nonstandard Designs * Design and Full-Scale Testing of Low-Cost Texas Department of Transportation Type T631 Bridge Rail for MASH Test Level 2 and 3 Applications * Development of Socketed Foundations for Cable Guardrail Posts * Reimagining the Right-of-Way: Designing Streets as Environmental and Economic Assets for Active Living and Healthy Environments * Installation Enhancements to Common Inlet Protection Practices Using Large-Scale Testing Techniques * Streamlining of Bridge Piers as Scour Countermeasures: Optimization of Cross Sections * Streamlining of Bridge Piers as Scour Countermeasures: Effects of Curvature of Vertical Profiles * Innovations in Utility Conflict Management: Lessons Learned from Pilot Implementation of Utility Conflict Matrix Tools. (Author/publisher)
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