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General

Legacy ID
16

Traffic Analysis Module

The Traffic Analysis Module uses the TWOPAS traffic simulation model to estimate traffic quality-of-service measures for an existing or proposed design under current or projected future traffic flows. The traffic analysis module facilitates use of TWOPAS by feeding it the roadway geometry data...

Policy Review Module

The Policy Review Module checks roadway-segment design elements for compliance with relevant highway geometric design policies. The module provides electronic files replicating quantitative policy values specified by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO...

Design Consistency Module

The Design Consistency Module (DCM) helps diagnose safety concerns at horizontal curves. Crashes on two-lane rural highways are over-represented at horizontal curves, and speed inconsistencies are a common contributing factor to crashes on curves. This module provides estimates of...

Crash Prediction Module

The Crash Prediction Module (CPM) includes an implementation of the crash prediction methods documented in part C of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) First Edition Highway Safety Manual (HSM). CPM includes capabilities to evaluate rural two-lane...

Related Initiatives

The Highway Safety Design Manual (HSM) shares the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model’s (IHSDM’s) goal of providing quantitative safety analysis tools to decisionmakers.

The HSM is a Transportation Research Board (TRB) and...

Modules

The Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) suite of software analysis tools includes five evaluation modules and an Economic Analyses (EA) Tool:

  1. Crash...

Geometric Design Laboratory Overview

Purpose

The mission of the Geometric Design Laboratory (GDL) is to support the Office of Safety Research and Development in research related to the geometric design of roadways and the impacts on safety. The GDL provides technical support to develop, maintain, and...