Development of criteria for scenic roads. Presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, January 1974.

The development of criteria used in the determination of highway improvement programs to foster economic growth is discussed. The criteria and output included definition of operating speed relationship between traffic function and ambient scenery; development of new design-hour and service level criteria for planning highway improvements in rural recreation regions; and development of a method to identify and evaluate scenic values in the planning and design of scenic routes.