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Speeds on Houston Freeway Connector Ramps Show Variations by Vehicle Type
(0-4318-S)

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Author(s):

A.P. Voigt, D.W. Fenno, D.W. Borchardt

Publication Date:

March 2004

Abstract:

Interchanges on freeways have proven to be particularly dangerous for large trucks, especially those traveling at highspeeds on freeway-to-freeway connector ramps (see Table 1). The development of this project was based largely on experience in the Houston urban area, where truck rollover crashes have occurred on several freeway-to-freeway connector ramps in the past decade. This project focused on examining the relationship between vehicle operations and current advisory speed signing practices and whether there should be a distinction between passenger cars and trucks with respect to advisory speed signing on freeway-to-freeway connectors.

Report Number:

0-4318-S

Keywords:

Safe Speeds on Curves for Vehicles with High Centers of Gravity

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http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-4318-S.pdf

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