PMSS Project Details

Project ID:	FHWA-PROJ-10-0040
Project Name:	Improving Signing and Markings at Complex Interchanges
Status:	Completed
Contact:	Last Name: Shurbutt First Name: Jim Telephone: 202-493-3420 E-mail: jimmy.shurbutt@dot.gov
Organization:	Federal Highway Administration - Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
Office:	Office of Safety Research and Development
Team:	Human Factors Team
Roadmap/Focus area(s):	Not Applicable
Project Description:	The objective of the project is to identify potential improvements to current marking and signing practices for complex interchanges.
Laboratories:	Not Applicable
Start Date:	September 1, 2010
End Date:	September 13, 2012
Funding Amount:	$218,630.00
FHWA Program Name:	Safety Innovation Deployment
Goals:	The key project objective is to identify potential improvements to current marking and signing practices for complex interchanges. A human factors study will be conducted to examine these alternative signing and marking treatments to determine their effects on driver decisionmaking, comfort, and safety.
Project Type:	Offsite
Background Information:	Data not yet available
Test Methodology:	Applied Simulation
Other Information:	Data not yet available
Partners:	Federal Highway Administration: Office of Research, Development, and Technology - Office of Safety Research and Development; Role(s): Advisory Texas Department of Transportation; Role(s): Technical
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Fieldtest:	Data not yet available
Expected Benefits:	The expected benefit is the ability to better design directional signing that delivers a better message with more accurate and intuitive information as well as overall design of interchanges.
Deliverables:	Name: Final report. Product Type(s): Research report Description: The deliverables are recommendations for navigation signage to aid complex interchange design. Audiences: Academics, Federal Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center staff, Operations researchers, Metropolitan planning organizations, Other highway agencies, Researchers, Safety planners, Safety researchers, State departments of transportation, State highway agencies, Traffic engineers Secondary Audiences: Design engineers
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Project Findings:	Data not yet available
FHWA Topics:	Road Operations and Congestion--Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
TRT Terms:	Safety Interchanges Research Signs Human Factors Road Markings Design
FHWA Disciplines:	Design Operations Safety
Subject Areas:	Highways Research Safety and Human Factors Design