| Title | Initial development of prototype performance model for highway design |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 33753 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Levinson, William H. |
| Source | xii, 206 p. : ill. |
| Corporate Creator | BBN Systems and Technologies |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
| Publisher | Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center |
| Publication Date | 19971200 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has undertaken a multiyear project to develop the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM), which is a CADD-based integrated set of software tools to analyze a highway design to identify safety issues and tradeoffs. The IHSDM is envisioned to incorporate five analysis modules: policy review, design consistency, accidents analysis, traffic analysis, and driverlvehicle analysis. Top level requirements for the IHSDM as a whole and for each of the five analyses modules are presented. Detailed design speCifications are given for the driver/vehicle module, a time-based simulation model, and for one of the major component of this module- the driver performance module. Data requirements for model development are defined, and a suggested program of research is outlined. Existing models that could serve as a basis for implementing some of the required functionality are reviewed. Data sources for the various IHSDM modules, with concentration on the driver performance module, are also reviewed. A prototype interface for IHSDM, focusing primarily on the driverlvehicle module, is described. Commercial CADD systems and design application software elements that serve as integral elements of IHSDM are reviewed. |
| Rosap ID | dot:913 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/913 |
| TRT Terms | Highway design; Highway safety; Crash analysis; Design practices; Human factors |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
758024 |
| Contract Number | DTFH61-95-C-00043 |
| Report Number | FHWA-RD-96-134 |
| Availability | Federal Highway Administration |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33700/33753/FHWA-RD-96-134.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |