Main entry:

Conference on Improved Street Utilization Through Traffic Engineering (1967 : Washington, D.C.)

Title & Author:

Improved street utilization through traffic engineering; proceedings.

Publication:

Washington, Highway Research Board, National Research Council, 1967.

Description:

234 pages illustrations 25 cm.

Series:

HRB special report 93
National Academy of Sciences. Publication 1550

Notes:
"First phase of a Highway Research Board special project on improved street utilization through traffic engineering."
Includes bibliographical references.
Keynote address -- Selection, classification, and designation of major street systems -- Improvement priorities: The factual approach -- Directional flow improvements on urban streets -- One-way major arterial streets -- Traffic signs -- Pavement markings -- Parking restrictions and the curb lane -- Exclusive bus lanes -- New traffic signals, their effect on street utilization -- Signal modernization -- Route signal systems -- Signal networks -- Simple types of intersection improvements -- Accident reduction through channelization of complex intersections -- Major route improvements -- Relationship of roadway lighting and traffic accidents -- Accident trends in cities and city traffic engineering staff, budgets and responsibilities -- Delay and travel time improvements as related to traffic engineering activities, staff, and budget -- Land-use controls -- Local streets -- Traffic engineering and community support (cities under 100,000) -- Community support for traffic engineering (cities under 100,000) -- Traffic engineer's relationships with local officials, boards and commissions (cities less than 100,000) -- Traffic engineer: Official contact (cities over 100,000).

Subject:

Traffic engineering Congresses.
Technique de la circulation Congrès.
Traffic engineering.
Communities.
Improvements.
One way streets.
Traffic signs.
Parking regulations.
Traffic signals.
Channelized intersections.
Intersections.

Form/genre:

Congress
Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board.
Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board) ; 93.
Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; no. 1550.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 18304
Call No.: W16391
Status: Available