Consistency and Design Speed
Consistency and Design Speed
Consistency and Design Speed
ENGINEERING
Group 2
Madrio, Thomas Jason
Monterola, Vincent Bryan
Monungolh, Meil Justin
• RURAL COLLECTORS
• URBAN COLLECTORS
• RURAL ARTERIALS
• URBAN ARTERIALS
LOCAL RURAL STREETS: DESIGN SPEED
LOCAL URBAN STREETS: DESIGN SPEED
• For consistency in design elements, design speeds ranging from 30 to 50 km/h [20 to 30 mph] may be
used, depending on available right-of-way, terrain, likely pedestrian presence, adjacent development,
• In the typical street grid, the closely spaced intersections usually limit vehicular speeds, making the
• Since the function of local streets is to provide access to adjacent property, all design elements should
be consistent with the character of activity on and adjacent to the street, and should encourage speeds
alignment in rolling or mountainous terrain, or where environmental Collector Roads and Streets (Rural)
• High design speeds of 80 km/h [50 mph] and above are generally applicable to highways in level terrain
• Exhibit 6-1 identifies minimum design speeds for rural collector roads as a function of the type of terrain
• The designer should strive for higher values than those shown where specific safety concerns are
• See Exhibit 6-1 and the section on “Design Speed” in Chapter 2 for additional information.
• In the typical urban street grid, closely spaced intersections often limit vehicular speeds
• Nevertheless, the longer sight distances and curve radii commensurate with higher design
speeds result in safer highways and should be used to the extent practical.
RURAL ARTERIALS: DESIGN SPEED
75 mph] depending on terrain, driver expectancy and, in the case of reconstruction projects, the
Design speeds in the higher range — 100 to 120 km/h [60 to 75 mph] — are normally used in
level terrain
esign speeds in the midrange — 80 to 100 km/h [50 to 60 mph] — are normally used in rolling
terrain.
esign speeds in the lower range — 60 to 80 km/h [40 to 50 mph] — are used in mountaino
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• For Collector Roadway, 6.00 meters wide surface is acceptable only for low
• For Local Rural Roadway, the minimum surface width is 4.80 meters for a
• For Urbair Roadway, the minimum design width is 3.60 meters although 3.00
Where there are heavy meetings or overtaking between cars and trucks, air
swerved within or out of their lanes. Motorists are requesting for wider lanes.
CROSS-SECTION OF A ROAD
A. Roadway
B. Surface Course
D. Base
E. Bed
F. Base Course
G. Sub-base
H. Subgrade
I. Embankment
J. Earth Foundation
line
CROSS-SECTION OF TYPICAL HIGHWAY
ROAD SHOULDER
Road shoulder or verge is defined as that portion of the roadway
between the edge of the traffic lane and the edge of the ditch,
gutter, curb or side slope. AASHTO requires that its usable
pavement width shall be strong enough to support vehicles.
ROAD SHOULDER
IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SHOULDER
1. Road shoulder serves as a place for vehicles to stop when disabled or
for some other purposes. Road shoulder considerably reduces road
accidents.
"All inter-town or city highways shall be provided with edge line and
may be used on other classes of roads."
A continuous narrow white line strip at the edge of the roadway that
separates the shoulder, serves as guide to drivers during bad weather
and poor visibility conditions. The white strips tend the driver to stay in
the traffic lane and the vehicles seldom infringe on the shoulder.
POLICY OF GEOMETRIC DESIGN
• Outside shoulder should be paved for at least 3.00 or 3.60 meters wide
if truck volume is more than 250 in the design hour (ADT).
• The recommended width of left (median) shoulder is 1.20 to 2.40 meters with at last 1.20 meters paved.
• If there are 6 or more lanes, the median shoulder should be 3.00 meters wide or 3.60 meters if truck volume in the design hour exceeds 250.
• For arterials with ADT less than 400 the usable shoulder width is fixed at 1.20 meters minimum, although 2.40 meters wide is much preferred.
• When the design hour volume ADT exceeds 400, the usable minimum shoulder width is 2.40 meters although 3.60 meters is recommended.
6. For Urban Arterial Road, similar shoulder without curb is suggested
unless needed for proposed drainage.
at 90 centimeters as minimum.
recommended.
10. For ADT's over 2000. 2.40 meters wide shoulder is recommended.
Considering the above recommendations, Width is defined as
"extending from the edge of the surfacing to the point where
shoulder slope intersect the side slope. " The Urban colleclor
road usually has no shoulder, instead, parking lanes of 2.40
meters or preferably 3.00 meters wide with gutters are specified.
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