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PB2004103416

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Russell, E. R.
Page Count	186
Abstract	County and township roads carrying fewer than 400 vehicles per day are classified as low-volume rural roads (LVR) and make up a high percentage of the total rural road mileage in the US. The many miles of these low-volume rural roads present counties and townships with serious concerns, most of which are financial; i.e. how to provide construction and maintenance dollars to improve existing roads or simply maintain them at their current condition; replace or upgrade substandard bridges and install or maintain necessary traffic signs or pavement markings. In other words, the problem is to provide a reasonably safe roadway system at reasonable cost. A desirable objective is to provide a roadway system in which a prudent driver, even a stranger to the area, will be able to safely travel the roads.
Keywords	Traffic control Motor vehicles Costs Crashes Construction Maintenance United States Handbooks Rural areas Traffic ordinances Traffic signs Pavement markings Rural roads Small cities Traffic engineering practices
Source Agency	Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration
Corporate Authors	Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center, Fayetteville, AR.; Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office of Research and
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Special Programs.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200414

National Handbook of Traffic Control Practices for Low Volume Rural Roads and Small Cities. Volume I: Low-Volume Roads.

National Handbook of Traffic Control Practices for Low Volume Rural Roads and Small Cities. Volume I: Low-Volume Roads.
PB2004103416

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Russell, E. R.
Page Count	186
Abstract	County and township roads carrying fewer than 400 vehicles per day are classified as low-volume rural roads (LVR) and make up a high percentage of the total rural road mileage in the US. The many miles of these low-volume rural roads present counties and townships with serious concerns, most of which are financial; i.e. how to provide construction and maintenance dollars to improve existing roads or simply maintain them at their current condition; replace or upgrade substandard bridges and install or maintain necessary traffic signs or pavement markings. In other words, the problem is to provide a reasonably safe roadway system at reasonable cost. A desirable objective is to provide a roadway system in which a prudent driver, even a stranger to the area, will be able to safely travel the roads.
Keywords	Traffic control Motor vehicles Costs Crashes Construction Maintenance United States Handbooks Rural areas Traffic ordinances Traffic signs Pavement markings Rural roads Small cities Traffic engineering practices
Source Agency	Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration
Corporate Authors	Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center, Fayetteville, AR.; Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office of Research and
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. Office of Research and Special Programs.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200414