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Stops and goes of traffic signals

This booklet describes how the safety and/or effectiveness of traffic signals could be improved. It draws attention to those elements of traffic signals that auditors have frequently found to compromise safety and/or efficiency.

12. References

Austroads (Part 5) (1988) Guide to traffic engineering practice: Part 5: Intersections at grade. Sydney, Austroads.

Austroads (Part 7) (2003) Guide to traffic engineering practice: Part 7: Traffic signals. Sydney, Austroads.

Hall, R D (1993) Accidents at four-arm single carriageway urban traffic signals. TRRL Report No. CR163. Great Britain.

RTS 14 (2003) Guidelines for facilities for blind and vision-impaired pedestrians, revised edition, Land Transport Safety Authority, Wellington.

RTS 9 (1993) Guidelines for the signing and layout of slip lanes, Land Transport Safety Authority and Transit New Zealand, Wellington.

Transfund New Zealand (2004) Road safety audit procedures for projects: Guideline, Wellington.

US Department of Transportation (1998) Publication No. FHWA-98-105, 1998: Implementing bicycle improvements at the local level. Federal Highway Administration, page 68.