ICAM2016 Silly Engineer Tricks - Chris Huffman
Silly Engineer Tricks - Chris Huffman, Huffman Corridor Consulting, USA
Silly Engineer Tricks - Chris Huffman, Huffman Corridor Consulting, USA
Keynote Address - Dr Grant G Schultz,
Access Management Committee Secretary
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Access Management 2016 - CSIR Convention Centre - 6 & 7 July
Open & Welcome - Hein Stander
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Welcome by SAICE Transportation Division - Robin Chetty
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Opening Address - Kobus van der Walt, SANRAL
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Common Reasons to Consider Exceptions
Impacts to the natural environment
Social or right-of-way impacts
Preservation of historic or cultural resources
Sensitivity to context or accommodating community values
Construction or right-of-way costs
Risk Management Characteristics
Explicitly addresses uncertainty
Based on the best available information
Part of the decision-making process
Outline
What is a CFI?
Why consider a CFI?
Access Management Issues at a CFI
Potential Access Solutions
Questions Comments
Potential Access Solutions
Inter-parcel Access
Service Roads
Partial Median Openings
Right-In Only Driveways
Right In-Right Out Driveway on CFI Leg
U Turns
Purchase Access Rights
Relocate/Add Driveway
Well-designed Modern Roundabouts enhance the achievement of Access Management principles
Maintain Integrity of Arterials
Balance Mobility and Access
Improve Safety
Reduce
Congestion
Extend the life of
Infrastructure
Roundabout Operational & Safety Characteristics:
Driveway and intersection spacing versatility
Geometric flexibility (properly designed)
Less queuing
Topics
New Jersey Jughandle Intersection (NJJI)
Displaced Left Turn Intersection (DLF)
Median U-Turn Intersection (MUT)
Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection (RCUT)
Summary
All unconventional intersection designs are conceived to take advantage of the local traffic pattern
Their main design objectives are to improve LOS of critical movements, maintain or improve overall safety at main intersection, and generate tolerable delays to non-critical movements
Massachusetts DOT
Outline
Where do we go next
Case Studies Slide Titles SH 6 Access Management Study, North Study Area Land Uses Driveway Density LOS AM/PM Project History Continuous Public Involvement Public Involvement Exercises Traditional Access Management Tools Raised Medians Signal Modification Addition of Turn Lanes Traditional Access Management Tools Internal Circulation, added Backage Roads and Removal of Signals made Unnecessary Innovative Tools more green time Innovative tools - Continuous flow intersection (CFI) Innovative tools Median U-turn intersection Innovative tools Recommendations Results
Network Planning and Development Strategies for Access Management
The lack of access control along arterial highways has been the largest single factor contributing to the obsolescence of .an entire generation of new arterial facilities built only a short while ago.