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                Decision Support Guide for the Installation of Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strips on Non-Freeways
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Report Cover - Decision Support Guide for the Installation of Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strips on Non-Freeways

**FHWA-SA-16-115**

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1. Report No.

			FHWA-SA-16-115
			2. Government Accession No.
			3. Recipient's Catalog No.4. Title and Subtitle

			Decision Support Guide for the Installation of Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strips on Non-Freeways
			5. Report Date

			August 20166. Performing Organization Code7. Authors

			Scott Himes and Hugh McGee
			8. Performing Organization Report No.9. Performing Organization Name and Address

			Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc (VHB)
			101 Walnut Street
			Watertown, MA 02471
			10. Work Unit No.11. Contract or Grant No.

			GS-00F-116CA, Task DTFH61-15-F-0008512. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

			Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety
			1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
			Washington, DC 20590
			13. Type of Report and Period Covered

			Guide Book, October 2015 – August 201614. Sponsoring Agency Code

			FHWA15. Supplementary Notes:

			The contract managers for this report were Abdul Zineddin and Cathy Satterfield.16. Abstract

			Center line and shoulder rumble strips are proven safety countermeasures for reducing roadway departure crashes, including head-on crashes and run-off-road crashes. The purpose of this guide is to provide a decision-support framework to inform center line and shoulder rumble strip installation. It describes methods for identifying appropriate locations for installation, assessing the potential crash reductions and benefit-cost ratio, and developing performance metrics for safety. Additionally, this guide discusses special considerations for rumble strip installations, identifies variability in current practices, and provides a decision-support framework for installing rumble strips. The framework covers policy development for systematic rumble strip installation and provides a flowchart for decision-making for sites that can benefit from installation but do not meet criteria for systematic installation. The framework can also be applied to sites that are identified based on crash history, such as for Highway Safety Improvement Program selection. Within this framework, this guide describes who may be involved in the decision-making process, at what points, and provides an overview of safety performance measures that can be presented to policy makers and stakeholders. Performance metrics described in this guide can be used to inform stakeholders of rumble strip benefits.17. Key Words

			Rumble strips, center line, shoulder, edge line, decision making
			18. Distribution Statement

			No restrictions.19. Security Classif. (of this report)

			Unclassified
			20. Security Classif. (of this page)

			Unclassified
			21. No. of Pages:

			57
			22. Price**Form DOT F 1700.7** (8-72) Reproduction of completed pages is authorized
      
  INTRODUCTION
                RUMBLE STRIPS AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT
                SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
                OVERVIEW OF CURRENT AND SUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION PRACTICES
                MODEL DECISION-SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR RUMBLE STRIP INSTALLATION
                CASE STUDIES
                OTHER RESOURCES
                APPENDIX A – EXAMPLE CMF TABLES
                APPENDIX B – DETAILED EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS
                REFERENCESBook traversal links for Decision Support Guide for the Installation of Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strips on Non-Freeways
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