Download or read book Selection of Traffic Controls for Severe Weather Conditions written by R J. Rourke and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual provides guidelines for the selection of traffic controls to reduce the hazards created by severe weather conditions to travel on limited-access highways. Analytical techniques are described in procedural format, along with worksheets, for use by traffic engineers in quantifying the extent of the accident or delay hazard created by extreme weather conditions. A methodology for selection of the most appropriate traffic control is presented based on estimating the level of effectiveness that must be achieved by a control in order to be cost effective. Summary descriptions of traffic controls implemented by the States under various adverse weather conditions, and a comprehensive annotated bibliography are provided in appendices to the report.