Intersection Proven Safety Countermeasure: Technical Summary: Corridor Access Management

2015PDFTech ReportFHWA-SA-15-005IntersectionsCountermeasuresHighway corridorsTraffic safetyAccess control (Transportation)United StatesUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyUnited States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of SafetyShaw, JeffreySpiller, Neil C.Federal Highway AdministrationIn 2012, the Federal Highway Administration, Office of Safety issued a \u201cGuidance Memorandum on Promoting the Implementation of Proven Safety Countermeasures\u201d. This guidance took into consideration the latest safety research to advance a group of countermeasures proven highly effective at improving safety. The nine Proven Safety Countermeasures chosen for targeted implementation included Corridor Access Management, defined as \u201ca set of techniques that State and local governments use to control access to highways, major arterials, and other roadways.\u201d This included all types of access, ranging from high volume, suburban signalized intersections to simple, unpaved rural driveways, along all classes of roads and highways open to public travel. As a means to further promote and advance Corridor Access Management, this Technical Summary and a companion Executive Summary have been prepared to assist transportation professionals with decisions pertaining to Corridor Access Management, including planning, permitting, design, selection, and implementation. This document provides a substantive overview of important access-related issues: safety performance (i.e. crashes), effects on pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and community and business economic impacts.84