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0-4962-1 Report Abstract

Guidelines for Hurricane Evacuation Signing and Markings

Brooke R. Ullman, Nada Trout, and Andrew J. Ballard, Texas A&M University, December 2007, 22 pp. (0-4962-1)

Based on focus group input and surveys of motorists who have recent hurricane evacuation experience, researchers developed guidelines for various hurricane evacuation signs and markings, including route signs, contraflow signs, emergency shoulder lane signs and pavement markings, etc.

Keywords: Hurricane Evacuation, Signs, Evacuation Route, Evaculane, Emergency Shoulder, Dynamic Message Signs

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