Road Diet Informational Guide FHWA Safety Program www.safety.fhwa.dot.gov Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. FHWA-SA-14-028 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Road Diet Informational Guide November 2014 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Keith Knapp, Brian Chandler, Jennifer Atkinson, Thomas Welch, Heather Rigdon, Richard Retting, Stacey Meekins, Eric Widstrand, and R.J. Porter. 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) Leidos 11251 Roger Bacon Drive Reston, VA 20190 11. Contract or Grant No. Subconsultants: Iowa State University, Sam Schwartz Engineering, University of Utah Contract No. DTFH61-10-D-00024, Task Order No. T-12-004 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Federal Highway Administration Informational Guide Book Office of Safety August 2011 to July 2014 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 14. Sponsoring Agency Code HSA 15. Supplementary Notes Rebecca Crowe (
[email protected]), Office of Safety Technologies (http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/), served as the Techni- cal Manager for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The following FHWA staff members contributed as technical working group members, reviewers and/or provided input or feedback to the project at various stages: Peter Eun, David Morena, Tamara Redmond, and Jeff Shaw. 16. Abstract A classic Road Diet converts an existing four-lane undivided roadway segment to a three-lane segment consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left turn lane (TWLTL). A Road Diet improves safety by including a protected left-turn lane for mid-block left-turning motorists, reducing crossing distance for pedestrians, and reducing travel speeds that decrease crash severity.