Geometric design and the effects on traffic operations 2002 : highway and facility design. A peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board TRB.

Transportation Research Record 1796 reports on issues related to the influence of vertical alignment on horizontal curve perception, the three-dimensional approach to illustrating esthetic concepts for highway design, and a method to calculate the sight distance available to drivers at skewed intersections. The publication also examines freeway on-ramp design criteria for ramp meters with queue detectors and the operational effects of U-turns as alternatives to direct left turns from driveways. The papers contained in this volume were among those presented at the 81th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2002. For abstracts of the individual papers see C 28413 - C 28422.