Author(s):
C.V. Wootan, H.G. Meuth
Publication Date
1963
Abstract
In September, 1958, a committee composed of members of the Texas Highway Department and the Texas Municipal League was formed to in vestigate and make recommendations on city-state median practices. It was the intent of this committee to develop information on the effect that the addition of the median would have on a facility's ability to handle traffic more efficiently and safely and the effect that it would have on the local businesses. This information could then be used as a basis for evaluating future potential median sites to determine if a median-type facility should be installed.|TTI, as the official research agency of the Texas Highway Department, was asked to conduct the actual research program for the Committee. Three study sites, involving a heavily traveled route in a large city, a moderately traveled route in a medium sized city, and lightly traveled route in a small town, were selected for the analysis.|This progress report is concerned only with the economic effects of the facility in the medium sized city of Baytown, Texas. A report covering both the economic and traffic effects of medians at the other locations will be released at the conclusion of the study.
Report Number:
8-Progress
Keywords:
Medians in cities
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