Presentation | 2013
Safety and Economic Impacts of Converting Frontage Roads from Two-way to One-way Operation: Preliminary Findings
- Authored by: William L. Eisele
- Co-authored by: William E. Frawley
- Event: 2010 National Conference on Access Management
Project Objectives
- Develop accurate information to communicate types of:
- Safety impacts
- Accident Modification Factors
- Economic impacts
Background
- Frontage roads
- Start two-way (in rural)
- Conversion pressures
- Land development
- Increased traffic volumes, signal operation
Survey Recommendations
- Complete conversions as quickly as possible
- Construct support infrastructure before the conversion
- Improvements at existing interchanges
- New interchanges
- Identify opportunities for property access (cross access, shared access, alternate streets) before conversion
- Others (see Robertson poster)