Road Segments Worksheet

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The Road Segments Worksheet is where the horizontal and vertical alignment of the project, the Lane Width, number of lanes and other project related highway characteristics are entered. The Road Segments Worksheet is activated by selecting the "Highway" tab on the RSAP Controls Dialog Scribble6 box. Highway characteristics entered on this worksheet are common to all alternatives. RSAPv3 is designed to evaluate different roadside designs, not different roadway geometric designs. RSAPv3 cannot be used, for example, to look at the difference in crash frequency due to changes in alignment; there are other tools like the FHWA's IHSDM software that evaluate different alignment choices. In order to compare roadside designs directly to each other, the roadway characteristics must be kept the same for all roadside alternatives and the characteristics entered on this worksheet will be common to all alternatives.

This worksheet has two main data entry areas, the Whole Roadway Characteristics and user-entered Characteristics. The RSAP Controls Dialog Box helps in navigation between the two areas. The Whole Project Characteristics are requested first.

 Process 

1. Enter values for the whole-project characteristics or accept the RSAP default values. The whole-project characteristics are:

·     Percent of traffic in the Primary Direction - The default is 50%

·     Percent of Traffic Encroaching Right - The default is 50%

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:10.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none">The allowable keywords are also listed to the right of the yellow-highlighted table with their default values. If a characteristic is not defined RSAP will assume the value shown at the right. For example, if you do not specify a value for LNWIDTH, RSAP will assume the LNWIDTH is 12 ft.

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