National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

NCHRP 3-65: Applying

Roundabouts in the United States
Preliminary Findings

TRB Roundabout Conference, Vail, CO

May 23, 2005

Bhagwant Persaud, Canada Rensselaer Polytechnic University, USA

David Harkey, USA Rod Troutbeck, Australia
George Mason University, USA Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
McDonald & Partners, UK University of Idaho, USA
Topics of Discussion

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

ƒ Project panel and team
ƒ Project need and objective
ƒ Preliminary findings
¾ Data collection
¾ Safety

¾ Operations

¾ Design

ƒ Continuing and upcoming activities

Project panel
ƒ Beatriz Caicedo-Maddison,
Florida DOT (chair)
ƒ Maria Burke, Texas DOT
ƒ Jerry Champa, California
DOT
ƒ Leonard Evans, Science
Serving Society
ƒ Steve King, Kansas DOT
ƒ Robert Limoges, New York
State DOT
ƒ Richard Long, Western
Michigan University
National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT
ƒ Ron Pfefer, HSM liaison
ƒ Brian Walsh, Washington
State DOT
ƒ Mohsin Zaidi, City of Kansas
City, MO
ƒ Joe Bared, FHWA
ƒ Hari Kalla, FHWA
ƒ Rich Cunard, TRB
ƒ Ray Derr, NCHRP
Project team

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

ƒ P.I.: Lee Rodegerdts (KAI)
¾ (Bruce Robinson, Co-P.I. Emeritus)

ƒ USA ƒ Australia
¾ Kittelson & Associates, Inc. ¾ Rod Troutbeck
¾ University of Idaho ƒ Canada
¾ Rensselaer Polytechnic ¾ Bhagwant Persaud
Institute
ƒ Germany
¾ George Mason University
¾ Werner Brilon
¾ David Harkey
ƒ United Kingdom
¾ John Mason
¾ Richard Hall
U.S. practice relies heavily on the experience
from other countries.

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

ƒ Current U.S. procedures depend on
international methods without having U.S.
data for calibration
ƒ Use of roundabouts in the U.S. may differ
from that experienced in other countries
The NCHRP 3-65 project objective is broad.

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

ƒ Produce a set of operational, safety, and
design tools, calibrated to U.S. roundabout
field data.
Overview of research tasks

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

1. Summarize Existing Relationships
2. Model Formulation
3. Data Collection Plan
4. Interim Report
5. Execute the approved data-collection plan
6. Inventory U.S. Roundabout Sites
7. Operational Performance Methods
8. Safety Performance Methods
9. Design Criteria
10. Final Report
11. Prepare marketing materials
Anticipated products

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

ƒ Final report
ƒ Draft Highway Capacity Manual procedure
ƒ Components compatible with a possible Highway
Safety Manual procedure
ƒ Updated design research
ƒ Data that is accessible for future research
ƒ Problem statement(s) for continued research
ƒ Anticipated completion: December 2005
Session overview

National Roundabout Conference 2005 DRAFT

ƒ Data collection and extraction
ƒ Preliminary safety findings
ƒ Preliminary operations findings
ƒ Preliminary design findings