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NCHRP 3-65: Applying Roundabouts in The United States: Preliminary Findings

The document summarizes preliminary findings from the NCHRP 3-65 project, which aims to develop operational, safety, and design tools for roundabouts calibrated to U.S. data. It discusses the project panel and team, need/objective to produce tools without relying on international experience. Preliminary findings cover safety, operations, and design based on data collection. Upcoming activities include completing data collection and developing Highway Capacity and Safety Manual procedures.

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NCHRP 3-65: Applying Roundabouts in The United States: Preliminary Findings

The document summarizes preliminary findings from the NCHRP 3-65 project, which aims to develop operational, safety, and design tools for roundabouts calibrated to U.S. data. It discusses the project panel and team, need/objective to produce tools without relying on international experience. Preliminary findings cover safety, operations, and design based on data collection. Upcoming activities include completing data collection and developing Highway Capacity and Safety Manual procedures.

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National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

NCHRP 3-65: Applying


Roundabouts in the United States
Preliminary Findings

TRB Roundabout Conference, Vail, CO


May 23, 2005

Bhagwant Persaud, Canada Rensselaer Polytechnic University, USA


David Harkey, USA Rod Troutbeck, Australia
George Mason University, USA Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
McDonald & Partners, UK University of Idaho, USA
Topics of Discussion

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ Project panel and team
ƒ Project need and objective
ƒ Preliminary findings
¾ Data collection
¾ Safety

¾ Operations

¾ Design

ƒ Continuing and upcoming activities


Project panel

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ Beatriz Caicedo-Maddison, ƒ Ron Pfefer, HSM liaison
Florida DOT (chair)
ƒ Brian Walsh, Washington
ƒ Maria Burke, Texas DOT State DOT
ƒ Jerry Champa, California ƒ Mohsin Zaidi, City of Kansas
DOT
City, MO
ƒ Leonard Evans, Science
Serving Society ƒ Joe Bared, FHWA
ƒ Steve King, Kansas DOT ƒ Hari Kalla, FHWA
ƒ Robert Limoges, New York ƒ Rich Cunard, TRB
State DOT ƒ Ray Derr, NCHRP
ƒ Richard Long, Western
Michigan University
Project team

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ P.I.: Lee Rodegerdts (KAI)
¾ (Bruce Robinson, Co-P.I. Emeritus)

ƒ USA ƒ Australia
¾ Kittelson & Associates, Inc. ¾ Rod Troutbeck
¾ University of Idaho ƒ Canada
¾ Rensselaer Polytechnic ¾ Bhagwant Persaud
Institute
ƒ Germany
¾ George Mason University
¾ Werner Brilon
¾ David Harkey
ƒ United Kingdom
¾ John Mason
¾ Richard Hall
U.S. practice relies heavily on the experience
from other countries.

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ Current U.S. procedures depend on
international methods without having U.S.
data for calibration
ƒ Use of roundabouts in the U.S. may differ
from that experienced in other countries
The NCHRP 3-65 project objective is broad.

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ Produce a set of operational, safety, and
design tools, calibrated to U.S. roundabout
field data.
Overview of research tasks

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


1. Summarize Existing Relationships
2. Model Formulation
3. Data Collection Plan
4. Interim Report
5. Execute the approved data-collection plan
6. Inventory U.S. Roundabout Sites
7. Operational Performance Methods
8. Safety Performance Methods
9. Design Criteria
10. Final Report
11. Prepare marketing materials
Anticipated products

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ Final report
ƒ Draft Highway Capacity Manual procedure
ƒ Components compatible with a possible Highway
Safety Manual procedure
ƒ Updated design research
ƒ Data that is accessible for future research
ƒ Problem statement(s) for continued research
ƒ Anticipated completion: December 2005
Session overview

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT


ƒ Data collection and extraction
ƒ Preliminary safety findings
ƒ Preliminary operations findings
ƒ Preliminary design findings

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