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New Documents

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New 2012 Documents

Adobe Reader TEXAS DOT Transportation Planning Conference and the TRB Access Management Conference (2012)
2012dallas.pdf

Adobe Reader Road Classification nd Access Management: What Authorities Need To Know
Presentation to IRF / SARF 2010 Conference Preserving Africa’s Road Network (2010)
2_1145-1215sampson.pdf

Adobe Reader A Review Of Access Management Practice Austroads (2003)
AustraliaReviewAM_AP-R227.pdf

Adobe Reader Access Management: A Key To Safety and Mobility (2009)
BerkeleyNewsletter2009.pdf

Adobe Reader FDOT Guide for Analysis of Corridor Management Policies and Practices (2007)
CUTREffectiveStrategies.pdf

Adobe Reader Effective Strategies for Comprehensive Corridor Management (2004)
CUTRModelRegs527-07.pdf

Adobe Reader Model Regulations and Plan Amendments for Multimodal Transportation Districts (2004)
CUTR_CMGuide07.pdf

Adobe Reader The Influence of Human Factors on Access Management Design
DixonHumanFactors.pdf

Adobe Reader Freight Corridor Study Guidelines (2009)
FDOTFreightCorridorGuidelines_07-09.pdf

Adobe Reader Safety Benefits of Raised Medians and Pedestrian Refuge Areas (2010)
FHWAmedians_brochure.pdf

Adobe Reader Safety Benefits of Walkways, Sidewalks, and Paved Shoulders (2010)
FHWAwalkways_trifold.pdf

Adobe Reader Alternative Intersections/Interchanges: Informational Report (AIIR) (2009)
FHWA_AIIR09060.pdf

Adobe Reader Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians (2001)
HighwayDesignHandbookOlderDrivers.pdf

Adobe Reader IA DOT Access Management Guidebook for Major Arterial Intersections (2009)
IA_AMhandbook.pdf

Adobe Reader Bluegrass Corridor Management Planning Handbook (2000)
KYBluegrassCorridorManagementPlanningHandbook.pdf

Adobe Reader Maine’s Best Practices for Development of Multi-Modal Corridor Management Plans (2007)
MNCorridorPlanningGuide121207.pdf

Adobe Reader Design/Development Principles for Livable Suburban Arterial Roadways (2001)
MNDesignPrinciples.pdf

Adobe Reader NY5 Access Management Plan (2009)
NY_Route5.pdf

Adobe Reader Main Street as Highway (1999)
ORmainstreethandbook.pdf

Adobe Reader Intersection and Interchange Design Alternatives: A primer
US64_Intersection_Options_Primer.pdf

Adobe Reader Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center Case Study Compendium (2010)
pbic_case_study_compendiump243.pdf

Adobe Reader Retail Gas Properties and the Economics of Access (2010)
RetailGasEconomics.pdf

Adobe Reader Pedestrian Master Plan (2006)
SanDiegoPedPlan.pdf

Adobe Reader Access Connections on Opposite Sides of a Roadway (2008)
StoverAccessConnections.pdf

Adobe Reader Profiles: Phil Demosthenes (2011)
TRN_277_Profile_Demosthenes_p32.pdf

Adobe Reader Estimating the Impacts of Access Management Techniques: Final Results (2004)
TTI_ImpactsofAM2004-4221-2.pdf

Adobe Reader Crashes in The Vicinity of Major Crossroads (2008)
UT_MajorCrossRoadCrashes_08.25.pdf

Adobe Reader Access Control Design on Highway Interchanges (2008)
VAInterchangeAccessControl08-cr7.pdf

Adobe Reader Vermont Corridor Management Handbook (2005)
VTCorridorHandbook.pdf

Adobe Reader Comprehensive Evaluation of Wisconsin Roundabouts Volume 2: Traffic Safety (2011)
WIRoundaboutEvaluation_Safety.pdf

NCHRP 404

State of the Practice in Highway Access Management

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 404: State of the Practice in Highway Access Management examines current practice, potential barriers, and possible enhancements to highway access management programs. The report focuses on legal, legislative, policy, program, implementation, and effectiveness issues related to access management.

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Appendixes A-D of NCHRP Synthesis 404 are available online. 

  • Appendix A Access Management Survey
  • Appendix B List of Responding Agencies
  • Appendix C Summary of Survey Responses
  • Appendix D Retrofit Toolbox

This Summary Last Modified On: 4/22/2011

FHWA Brochure

FHWA Medians and Pedestrians Brochure

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) strongly encourages the use of raised medians (or refuge areas) in curbed sections of multi-lane roadways in urban and suburban areas, particularly in areas where there are mixtures of a significant number of pedestrians, high volumes of traffic (more than 12,000 vehicles per day) and intermediate or high travel speeds. This document expands on the FHWA guidance memo detailed here: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/memo071008/Hardcopies can be ordered here.

Last Modified Date: 12/20/2010
More info at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/tools_solve/

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TRR2172

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2171 contains eight papers that explore acceleration and deceleration zones at traffic control intersections, using Global Positioning System data to model operating speed and deceleration on two-lane rural roads, interchange treatments to preserve service life of narrow overpass and underpass roadways, parallel flow intersection and displaced left-turn intersection designs, offset improvements for left-turn lanes, public transit provisions in a state highway access management code, safety impacts of access management features in the Las Vegas, Nevada, Valley, and access management at major arterial intersections. Each article can be ordered for $25.00

Last Modified Date: 12/ 01/2010

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A Guidebook for the Geometric Design of Driveways

NCHRP 659

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 659: Guide for the Geometric Design of Driveways explores guidelines related to the geometric design of driveways. The report includes driveway-related terms and definitions, and examination of basic geometric controls, a summary of access spacing principles, and detailed discussions of various geometric design elements.

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NCHRP 151

Material related to and supporting the contents of NCHRP Report 659, including an extensive review of literature, has been published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 151: Geometric Design of Driveways.

Last Modified Date: 8/9/2010

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A Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning

CUTR Corridor Guide

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 661: A Guidebook for Corridor-Based Statewide Transportation Planning explores a template for corridor planning designed to help states to better understand the implications of transportation decisions on mobility, communities, economic development, and environmental stewardship.

Last Modified Date: 7/17/2010

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Guide for Analysis of Corridor Management Policies and Practices

CUTR Corridor Guide This guide includes a work plan for assessing local government land development and access management practices. It also addresses how to prepare a conceptual plan for implementing corridor management at the local level. The objective of this guide is to help state transportation agencies and local governments identify and overcome barriers to effective corridor access management in the land development process. It is also intended to strengthen state and local coordination in access and development permitting.

Kristine Williams, CUTR
Click here to view .pdf report (May 2007)


Interstate I-394 Business Impact Study

Economic Study


This study attempts to capture the economic climate along the corridor both before and after conversion to a freeway. A variety of macro and micro level indicators were used to take snapshots of the corridor’s economic health both before and after freeway conversion.

Click here to view .pdf report (June 2007)

In Section 2.4 some of conclusions were:

  • The economic impacts (mainly involving land development and business sales) of
    transportation projects have not been researched as extensively as the safety and operational
    impacts.
  • The business impacts studies that have been performed in states such as Florida, Iowa,
    Kansas, and Texas have similarly concluded that businesspersons’ perceptions of the
    impacts of changes in access on their companies are almost always worse than the actual
    impacts as measured after the fact.
  • Before and after studies of transportation projects involving changes in access indicate that
    such projects do not lead to significant increases in business failure rates.
  • Research also indicates that businesses along and near access-managed corridors do not
    suffer inordinate retail sales losses. In fact, businesses along newly access-managed
    corridors in Iowa actually outperformed other businesses in their communities in terms of
    sales growth.
  • Literature on the impacts of transportation accessibility on land values suggests that such
    impacts would be very difficult to demonstrate either in a positive or negative direction.
    Variables such as parcel size and the overall location of the parcel would appear to matter
    more.

Direct link to MnDOT Report http://www.olmweb.dot.state.mn.us/pdf/FINAL_I-394_Business_Impact_Study.pdf
Prepared by CH2M HILL and CTRE for MnDOT

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TRB Access Management Manual

The "must have" book for every transportation engineer and planner.

Link to download 10 Principles animation

Transportation Research Board's Access Management Manual provides technical information on access management techniques, together with information on how access management programs can be effectively developed and administered. It presents access management comprehensively, in an effort to integrate planning and engineering practices with the transportation and land use decisions that contribute to access outcomes.

Click here for more information about the TRB Access Management Manual.


Access Management Principles

Link to download 10 Principles animation


Animation describing Access Management Principles

Download the animation from this home page to use in your Powerpoint Presentation! The stand-alone executable file can be also run as a separate program.

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State Websites

AM State Websites Links to Access Management Materials from across the country click here

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NCHRP Report 640

NCHRP 548

Median Intersection Design for Rural High-Speed Divided Highways
5/18/2010 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 650: describes common safety issues at median intersections on rural divided
highways and presents innovative geometric and operational treatments for addressing those issues. Ten case studies illustrate how they have been applied in the field.

VIEW THE DOCUMENT NCHRP Report 650

NCHRP Report 548

NCHRP 548

A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning 12/23/2005 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 548: A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning offers guidance for implementing access management through the transportation planning process.

VIEW THE DOCUMENT NCHRP Report 548

FIND MORE INFORMATION AT: -> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=5706
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NCHRP Report 351

NCHRP 351

Access Rights
11/30/2005 TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 351 examines issues involved in acquiring access rights along roadways other than freeways. The report documents the state of the practice with the intent to limit the amount of access to the roadway for the purpose of managing highway safety and mobility. The report documents successful practices and current policies, legal and real estate literature, and other publications that address this subject.

VIEW THE DOCUMENT NCHRP Report 351

FIND MORE INFORMATION AT: -> http://www.trb.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?id=5618
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DVD Library

NCHRP 351

The Access Management DVD Library contains a wealth of access management documents and resources. Proceedings are included from each national access management conference, as well as the leading handbooks from around the country.

You may obtain free copies of the DVD Library by contacting Neil Spiller at Neil.Spiller@fhwa.dot.gov or for more information about the disc, please contact Frank Broen at fbroen@teachamerica.com.

Click here to view Video Tour of the 2004 DVD.

Highlights from the Access Management DVD Library 2007 include:

Contents of DVD Library
7th National Conference Proceedings
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AM DVD Library contents
1st – 6th National Conference Proceedings
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74 AV Presentations
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8 NCHRP Reports
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FHWA VIdeo "Safe Access is Good for Business"
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Video Tour
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Library Tour
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Search Index for Acrobat 5, 6, 7
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Excel Menus
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Total Documents
500+
Total Pages
>28,000

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NCHRP Reports

NCHRP 351

NCHRP Reports and Synthesis documents about access management

NCHRP Synthesis 304 Driveway Regulation Practices (2002)pdf

NCHRP Synthesis 332 Access Management on Crossroads in the Vicinity of Interchanges (2004)pdf

NCHRP Synthesis 337 Cooperative Agreements for Corridor Management (2004)pdf

NCHRP Report 348 Access Management Guidelines for Activity Centers (1992)pdf

NCHRP Synthesis 351 Access Rights, A Synthesis of Highway Practice (2005)pdf

NCHRP Report 395 Capacity and Operation Effect of Midblock Left Turns (1997)pdf

NCHRP Report 420 Impacts of Access Management Techniques. (1999)

NCHRP Report 504 Design Speed, Operating Speed, and Posted Speed Practices (2003)pdf

NCHRP Report 524 Safety of U-Turns at Unsignalized Median Openings (2004)pdf

NCHRP Report 548 A Guidebook for Including Access Management in Transportation Planning (2005) pdf

NCHRP Report 640: Median Intersection Design for Rural High-Speed Divided Highways (2010) pdf

Transportation Research Circular 456 Driveway and Street Intersection Spacing (1996) pdf

NCHRP Synthesis 299 Recent Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations (2001) pdf

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National Access Management Conference Proceedings (1993-2006)


1993 - 1rst National Conference Vail Colorado (large file 26.5 MB) pdf

1996 - 2nd National Conference Vail, Colorado (large file 12.9 MB)pdf

1998 - 3rd National Conference Ft. Lauderdale, Florida(large file 37.8 MB)pdf

2000 - 4th National Conference Portland, Oregon (large file 24.4 MB)pdf

2002 - 5th National Conference Austin, Texas (large file 12.7 MB) pdf

2004 - 6th National Conference Kansas City, Missouri On-line Presentations

2006 - 7th National Conference Park City, Utah On-line Presentations

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Selected Documents

Selected Access Management Papers

History of Access Management - (44 KB)pdf

Economic Impacts of Access Management - (33 KB) pdf

Public Information Meetings for Access Management (Top Ten Complaints) pdf
On-line Presentation

Oregon Access Management Research Papers (www.odot.state.or.us/tdb/planning/access_mgt/papers/papers.html)

Effective Strategies for Comprehensive Corridor Management pdf
(the complete ESCCM 20 MB document with appendices is found at www.cutr.usf.edu)

Assess the Need for Implementing an Access Management Program (19 MB)pdf

"The Case for Access Management" John Heilman (http://oki.org/transportation/caseforaccess.html)

Selected Research Reports

Land Development and Access Management Strategies for Interchange Areas -(14.7 MB)pdf

Best Practices in Local Corridor Preservation - (373 KB) pdf

BD545-14, Development of Guidelines for Driveway Location and Median Configuration in the Vicinity of Interchanges (2006)
Summary: FDOT_BD545_14.pdf (30 KB) pdf
Final Report: FDOT_BD545_14_rpt.pdf (1.8 MB) pdf

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Guides and Handbooks

NEW 2012 Virginia Access Management Design Standards 2012 (3.4MB) pdf

Access Managment Toolkit 2008 (3 MB) pdf
Prepaed by Community Planning Assocication of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) using FTA Innovation in Safety and Security grant funding

Access Management (E. Humstone and J. Campoli, Planning Commissioners Journal) www.plannersweb.com/wfiles/w364.html

Florida Median Handbook - (2.0 MB)pdf

Florida Driveway Information Guide (Sep 2008)- (3MB)pdf

Florida Landscape Guide - (3.4 MB)pdf

Iowa Access Management Handbook (2.4 MB)pdf
(www.ctre.iastate.edu/Research/access/amhandbook/index.htm)

Iowa Access Management Toolkit (www.ctre.iastate.edu/Research/access/toolkit/index.htm)

Managing Corridor Development: A Municipal Handbook - (767 KB)pdf

Michigan Access Management Guidebook for Local Governments - (12.1 MB)pdf

Minnesota Access Management Manual

Public Involvement Handbook for Median Projects - (466 KB)pdf

Site Impact Handbook (FL, FDOT) - (4.0 MB)pdf

NEW! South Carolina Access & Roadside Management Standards (2008) pdf

Reinventing America's Suburban Strips (ULI) - (1.0 MB)pdf

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Driveway Resources

Driveway Information Guide (FL - 2008) pdf

Regulations for Driveway and Encroachment Control (GA - 2004) pdf

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Codes and Programs

State

Colorado - 2002 (327 KB)pdf

Florida (www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/systems/sm/accman/)

Maine
(www.maine.gov/mdot/planning-process-programs/access-mngmnt.php)

New Jersey (www.state.nj.us/transportation/eng/documents/NJHAMC/)

Oregon (www.odot.state.or.us/tdb/planning/access_mgt/)

Pennsylvania - Development of Model Access Management Ordinances
State of the Practice for Access Management pdf
Best Practices in Access Management pdf
Identification of Legislative and Policy Barriers pdf

South Dakota (www.sddot.com/pe/planning/coordination_access.asp)

Texas - (946 KB) pdf

NEW 2012 Virginia Access Management Regulations 2012 (306 KB) pdf

Local

Model Access Management Regulations (FL) - (679 KB)pdf

Model Access Management Regulations (KY) - (251 KB) pdf

Model Plan Amendments and Regulations for Multimodal Transportation (FL) pdf

Model Access Management Regulations (MI)
(see Michigan Handbook Appendices --GuidebookMI appx.pdf ) (5.6 MB) pdf

Martin County (FL) - (129 KB) pdf

US Highway 19 Overlay District (FL) - (122 KB) pdf

Highway 60 Access & Design (Arkansas) (480 KB) pdf

Model Corridor Preservation Plan Amendments (FL) - (16 KB) pdf

Model Corridor Preservation Code (FL) - (44 KB) pdf

Model Overlay Ordanance (Minnesota) - http://www.oim.dot.state.mn.us/access/resources.html#ordinance

International

Victoria, Australia Draft Access Management Policy

South Africa Draft Access Management Guidelines - (182 KB) pdf

British Columbia Corridor Access Management Guide - BC CM Handbook.pdf (130 KB) pdf

British Columbia Highway Permits & Approvals - th.gov.bc.ca/permits/

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Outreach Materials

 

Safe Access is Good for Business Video | Primer | Request DVD

Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community (pdf) (243K)

FDOT Access Management Brochure (pdf) (354K)

FHWA Benefits of Access Management Brochure (pdf) (834K)

CUTR Netpresentation on Access Management at www.nctr.usf.edu/cutrcast.htm

Atlanta Regional Commission Access Management

Planning and Designing Access for Developments, British Columbia Manual (request Password)

Access Management Logos AMLogos (PowerPoint file 441K updated 1-1-2010)


 

TECHBRIEFS from FHWA

 

TechBrief: Double Crossover Diamond Interchange

FHWA-HRT-09-054 Web Link
PDF Version PDF

TechBrief: Displaced Left-Turn Intersection

FHWA-HRT-09-055 Web Link
PDF Version PDF


TechBrief: Displaced Left-Turn Interchange

FHWA-HRT-09-056 Web Link
PDF Version PDF


TechBrief: Median U-Turn Intersection

FHWA-HRT-09-057 Web Link
PDF Version PDF

TechBrief: Quadrant Roadway Intersection

FHWA-HRT-09-058 Web Link
PDF Version PDF

TechBrief: Restricted Crossing U-Turn Intersection

FHWA-HRT-09-059 Web Link
PDF Version PDF

Safety Assessment of Interchange Spacing on Urban Freeways

FHWA-HRT-07-031 PDF Version PDF

Traffic Performance of Three Typical Designs of New Jersey Jughandle Intersections

FHWA-HRT-07-032 Web Link
PDF Version
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Synthesis of the Median U-Turn Intersection Treatment, Safety, and Operational Benefits

FHWA-HRT-07-033 Web Link
PDF Version
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TechBrief: Safety Evaluation of Offset Improvements for Left-Turn Lanes

FHWA-HRT-09-036 Web Link
PDF Version PDF


Safety Evaluation of Offset Improvements for Left-Turn Lanes

FHWA-HRT-09-035 Web Link
PDF Version PDF

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Other Helpful Links

Publications, FHWA Operations (http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/Publications/publications.htm#art)

Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (www.tfhrc.gov/safety/intersect.htm)
Safety Research, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/index.htm)

CUTR Planning & Corridor Management Program (www.cutr.usf.edu/research/access_m/intro.htm)
CUTR Planning & Corridor Management Publications (http://www.cutr.usf.edu/PCM/pubs.htm)

Check this out! Intersection Design/Micro-simulations (http://attap.umd.edu/UAID.php)

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