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Speed Management in Rural Communities: Innovative Low Cost Approaches

项目名称：	Speed Management in Rural Communities: Innovative Low Cost Approaches
摘要：	There are a number of rural communities and small cities in Kansas through which a major highway passes. In such instances, there has been a growing concern about the speed of entering traffic since most highways pass through rural communities on the main street. Typically main streets carry large amount of other road users such as bikers and walkers in addition to local traffic. In some instances, there are also services such as hospitals and fire departments that are located on these types of streets. With limited budgets available in rural communities it is important to identify low cost techniques with promising results to slow down traffic through the rural communities. Use of optical speed bars appears to be one such approach with potential benefits. These optical illusions consist of small pavement markings that will make the user feel as if they are approaching the rural community at a higher rate of speed than acceptable. The small pavement markings will be perpendicular to the existing markings and will be spaced at a large distance initially but will decrease in spacing to give a visual perception of moving at a high rate of speed. Virginia DOT installed optical speed bars recently on a two-lane road in Fairfax County and is currently evaluating the effects. Kansas also tried this approach in a single test section in a work zone but applications in rural communities as a low cost traffic calming measure are not available. Kansas would be a pioneer in the use of optical speed bars if field testing could be conducted in several rural communities.
状态：	Active
资金：	82000.00
资助组织：	Kansas State University Transportation Center
项目负责人：	Stokes, Robert W
执行机构：	Kansas State University Transportation Center
开始时间：	20070228
实际结束时间：	20110630
主题领域：	Highways；Operations and Traffic Management；Research