ACtrafficengr
Civil/Environmental
I had littel response in the traffic forum, so I thought I'd try here.
NYSDOT used to have a template for checking whether vehicles would bottom out at driveway or intersection entrances, but it appears to have been deleted.
A consultant designing a road reconstruction project is proposing an intersection with a 7.5% crest change of grade w/o a vertical curve (uphill approach on the outside of a superelevated curve), and another with a 13% sag change of grade (downhill approach on the inside of a superelevated curve).
I suspect vehicles will be scarring our beautiful new pavement, but need help proving it. Any suggestions?
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"...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail."
Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928
NYSDOT used to have a template for checking whether vehicles would bottom out at driveway or intersection entrances, but it appears to have been deleted.
A consultant designing a road reconstruction project is proposing an intersection with a 7.5% crest change of grade w/o a vertical curve (uphill approach on the outside of a superelevated curve), and another with a 13% sag change of grade (downhill approach on the inside of a superelevated curve).
I suspect vehicles will be scarring our beautiful new pavement, but need help proving it. Any suggestions?
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"...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail."
Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928