Development of Guidance for Non-Standard Roadside Hardware Installations

The objectives of this research are the following: (1) Identify situations where it is infeasible to use MASH devices for specific roadway criteria from state DOTs and other transportation agencies.  (2) For the situations identified through Objective 1, assess whether non-MASH devices or MASH devices with less stringent roadway criteria can be used instead. (3) Identify strategies for situations where MASH system designs may not be practical, such as environmental constraints, right-of-way limitations, and utility conflicts. (4) Develop guidelines that transportation agencies can use to mitigate situations where MASH devices for specific roadway criteria cannot be used.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4970
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to performing organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $400000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 15-79

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Jared, David

• Start Date: 20210324
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Best practices; Crashworthiness; Evaluation and assessment; Guardrails; Guidelines; Highway design; Highway safety; Implementation; Installation; Traffic control devices; Transportation departments
• Identifier Terms: AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01739577
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 15-79
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: May 19 2020 5:09PM