Project status
Completed
Start date: 01/01/11
End date: 04/24/13
Researcher(s)
Principal investigators:
- Shauna Hallmark | 515-294-5249 | shallmar@iastate.edu (project list)
Co-principal investigators:
- Neal Hawkins | 515-294-7733 | hawkins@iastate.edu (project list)
About the research
The main goal of this research is to provide agencies with tools they can use in designing transition zones from high-speed rural roadways into to low-speed communities.
Publications
Reports:
- Evaluation of Low Cost Traffic Calming for Rural Communities Phase II (4.32 mb pdf) May 2013
- Speed Management Toolbox for Rural Communities (4.06 mb pdf) May 2013
Related publications:
- Transverse Speed Bars for Rural Traffic Calming 1.02 mb pdf (Tech transfer summary) May 2013
- Dynamic Speed Feedback Signs for Rural Traffic Calming 0.99 mb pdf (Tech transfer summary) May 2013
- Colored Entrance Treatments for Rural Traffic Calming 1.34 mb pdf (Tech transfer summary) May 2013
- Center Islands with Raised Curbing for Rural Traffic Calming 791.03 kb pdf (Tech transfer summary) May 2013
Sponsor(s)/partner(s)
Sponsor(s):
- Federal Highway Adminisitration Accelerating Safety Activities Program
- Iowa Department of Transportation
- Iowa Highway Research Board
- Midwest Transportation Consortium
This project focuses on strategies for slowing traffic into rural communities