Improving Safety for Slow Moving Vehicles on Iowa's High Speed Rural Roadways

State and local agencies must plan, design, and maintain roadways that serve a wide variety of users. Within Iowa, this means providing roadways that accommodate slow moving vehicles such as horse drawn carriages, large combines and planters, and a variety of other agricultural related implements. This study is focused on improving transportation safety for these special "slow moving" users of the public roadway system and improving operations for other roadway users who interact with slow moving vehicles. Identifying and addressing the needs of these groups along with developing safety strategies and guidelines will enhance both the safety and effectiveness of the public roadway system for all users.

• Record URL:
  http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=892186

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Start Date: 20070601
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20090531
• Source Data: RiP Project 14365

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway planning; Highway safety; Research projects; Slow moving vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Iowa
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460272
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Consortium
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:21PM