Engineering Extension Series No. 128 proceedings ol the 53rd annual road school held at PURDUE UNIVERSITY March 27-30, 1967 compiled and edited by D. G. Shurig Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and the staff of the Joint Highway Research Project purdue university lafayetfe, ind.
PREFACE 1 CONTENTS RESEARCH NEEDS IN H IG H W A Y T R A N SPO R T A T IO N W. N. Carey, Jr., Director, Highway Research Board, Washington, D. C 11 P U T T IN G H IG H W A Y RESEARCH T O USE W. A. Goodwin, Program Engineer, Highway Research Board, Washington, D. C 22 B R ID G IN G T H E GAP T H E O R Y AND C U R R E N T PRA CTICE George W. McAlpin, Deputy Chief Engineer, New York State Department of Public Works, Albany, New York 33 IN S P E C T IO N AND C O N T R O L PURPOSES, PEO PLE AND PROBLEM S Charles E. Sengstock, Soiltest, Inc., Evanston, Illinois 41 T R A IN IN G PROGRAM S FO R T H E H IG H W A Y IN D U STRY Emmet H. Karrer, Professor of Highway Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 50 M Y SIX YEARS IN W A SH IN G T O N, D. C. Rex M. W hitton, Associate Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, Kansas City, Missouri, Formerly, Federal Highway Administrator 58 T H E H IG H W A Y PROGRAM IN IN D IA N A - STA TE AND LOCAL M artin L. Hayes, Executive Director, Indiana State Highway Commission, Indianapolis 64 1967 H IG H W A Y L E G ISL A T IO N STA TE AND LOCAL Joseph L. Harrison, Assistant to the Executive Director, Indiana State Highway Commission, Indianapolis 73 IM P L E M E N T IN G T H E 1966 H IG H W A Y SAFETY ACTS Matthew C. Sielski, Director, Office of Driving Environment Programs, National Highway Safety Agency, Washington, D. C 79 iii
IM P A C T O F T H E 1966 H IG H W A Y SAFETY ACTS ON IN D IA N A David J. Allen, Assistant to the Governor, State of Indiana, Indianapolis 89 A E STH ETIC S O F H IG H W A Y DESIGN Frederick O. Lanphear, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, Purdue University 96 H IG H W A Y DESIGN FO R SAFETY Harold W. Wilson, Assistant Engineer of Plans and Specifications, Indiana State Highway Commission... 102 T H E C IT Y T R A FFIC E N G IN E E R S ROLE IN T R A N S IT IM P R O V E M E N T John H. Bunch, Traffic Engineer, City of Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 117 O P T IM IZ A T IO N O F T R A F FIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS Thomas C. Pitman, Signal Design and Construction Engineer, Indiana State Highway Commission 137 C O R R ELA TIO N OF DESIG N C H A RACTERISTICS AND O PER A T IO N A L C O N TROLS W IT H A C C ID E N T RATES ON URBAN ARTERIALS Thomas E. Mulinazzi, Graduate Fellow, School of Civil Engnieering, Purdue University, and Harold L. Michael, Associate Director, Joint Highway Research Project, Purdue Unversity 150 PROBLEM S O F T H E PO LIC E T R A FFIC O FFIC ER Robert P. Miller, Director, Traffic Improvement Department, Lafayette, Indiana 174 T E C H N IQ U E S FO R C O M PA C T IO N C O N T R O L E. J. Yoder, Research Engineer, Joint Highway Research Project, and T. G. Williamson, Assistant Research Engineer, ISHC, Research and Training Center, W est Lafayette 179 A N N U A L TRAVEL ON C O U N T Y HIG HW AYS O F IN D IA N A W. C. Vodrazka, Research Assistant, and H. L. Michael, Highway Extension and Research Project for Indiana Counties, Purdue 194 T H E C O U N T IE S AND T R A F FIC SAFETY John E. Stoner, Professor, Department of Government, Indiana University 215 iv
ALLEN C O U N T Y DATA BANK Richard E. Armstrong, Director, Allen County Computer Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana 226 SANITARY LANDFILLS John M. Bell, Assistant Professor, Sanitary Engineering Department, Purdue University 230 v