International overview of roundabout design practices and insights for improvement of the Italian standard

Author:

Montella Alfonso1,Turner Shane2,Chiaradonna Salvatore1,Aldridge Dave2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II.

2. Beca Infrastructure Ltd, New Zealand.

Abstract

Roundabouts are hastily spreading around the world, mainly because of their good safety performance, and several countries have recently updated their standards and guidelines. However, inconsistencies in design standards and practices are observed. In this paper, a critical review of the Australasian, EU, and US standards and guidelines is performed. As a result, key issues of the existing standards are identified, along with research areas to fill the knowledge gaps and recommendations for improvement in a case study, Italy. These recommendations are mainly based on the concepts of design flexibility and performance based design. Indeed, rigid standards, which do not really take into account safety and operational consequences of the design decisions and the need to balance opposing demands, might produce undesirable outcomes.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

General Environmental Science,Civil and Structural Engineering

Reference21 articles.

1. Austroads. 2011. Guide to Road Design, Part 4B Roundabouts. Report AGRD08/11, Sydney, Australia.

2. Centre d’études sur les réseaux, les transports, l’urbanisme et les constructions (CERTU). 1999. Carrefours urbains: Guide. Lyon, France.

3. Investigation of models for relating roundabout safety to predicted speed

4. Highways Agency. 2007a. Design of Mini-Roundabouts. Design Manual of Roads and Bridges, Vol. 6, Section 2, Part 2, TD 54/07, London, UK.

5. Highways Agency. 2007b. Geometric Design of Roundabouts. Design Manual of Roads and Bridges, Vol. 6, Section 2, Part 3, TD 16/07, London, UK.

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