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                        Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population


            
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                Abbreviations and Acronyms
AAAFTS
	American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety
	AADT
	annual average daily traffic
	AASHTO
	American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials
	ASTM
	American Society for Testing and Materials
	ATSSA
	American Traffic Safety Services Association
	cd
	candela
	CIE
	Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage
	CIL
	complete interchange lighting
	CMS
	changeable message sign
	CSSB
	concrete safety-shaped barrier
	DS
	diverge steering
	DSD
	decision sight distance
	FARS
	Fatality Analysis Reporting System
	FHWA
	Federal Highway Administration
	fL
	footlambert
	GSA
	gap search and acceptance
	IA
	initial acceleration
	IIHS
	Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
	ISD
	intersection sight distance
	ISBL
	in-service brightness level
	ISTEA
	Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
	ITE
	Institute of Transportation Engineers
	LI
	legibility index
	LPI
	leading pedestrian interval
	MOE
	measure of effectiveness
	MRVD
	minimum required visibility distance
	MSC
	merge steering control
	MUTCD
	*Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways*
	NCHRP
	National Cooperative Highway Research Program
	NHTSA
	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
	NTOR
	no turn on red
	NTSB
	National Transportation Safety Board
	PIL
	partial interchange lighting
	PMD
	post-mounted delineator
	PRT
	perception-reaction time
	RT
	reaction time
	RPM
	raised pavement markers
	RTOR
	right turn on red
	SC
	steering control
	SCL
	speed-change lane
	SSD
	stopping sight distance
	STV
	small target visibility
	SU
	single unit (truck)
	TCD
	traffic control device
	TRB
	Transportation Research Board
	TVA
	transient visual adaptation
	TWLTL
	two-way, left-turn lane
	VC
	visual clear
      
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                Book:Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population
              Preface
                Acknowledgements
                Abbreviations and Acronyms
                Chapter 1. How to Use this Handbook
                Part I. Treatments
                Chapter 2. Intersections
                Chapter 3. Interchanges
                Chapter 4. Roadway Segments
                Chapter 5. Construction/Work Zones
                Chapter 6. Highway-Rail Grade Crossing
                Part II. Rationale and Supporting Evidence
                Chapter 7. Intersections
                Chapter 8. Interchanges
                Chapter 9. Roadway Segments
                Chapter 10. Construction/Work Zones
                Chapter 11. Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
                APPENDIX A
                APPENDIX B
                APPENDIX C
                APPENDIX D U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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