SPR-4736: A Study of Suburban Arterial Safety Performance Based on Median Type

There is a need for guidance on selecting a proper median type when planning significant work on suburban arterial roadways to properly balance their safety and accessibility. This guidance will be based on the density of local land use, needs for access, traffic volumes, and desired speed limit. Equations, tables, and graphs, whichever most appropriate, will be provided to decide between a two-way left-turn lane and a continuous median with openings and their design.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $190868
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4736

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Tarko, Andrew

  Romero, Mario

• Start Date: 20220815
• Expected Completion Date: 20250115
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Arterial highways; Highway design; Highway safety; Medians; Suburbs; Two way left turn lanes
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01858515
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4736
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 21 2022 2:27PM