.<~· s:·- 5o?9 ·,~, l ·.BASES AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING . HIGHWAY~ ROAD AND STREET DEFICIENCIES IN MICHIGAN / BASES AND PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING HIGHWAY, ROAD AND STREET DEFICIENCIES IN MICillGAN MICHIGAN GOOD ROADS FEDERATION Otto S. Hess -President Harry T. Ward-Vice President C. W. Lucas-Secretary Walter Toebe-Treasurer illGHWAY STUDY COMMITTEE Don B. Smith, Michigan Trucking Industry, Chairman Charles M. Ziegler, State Highway Commissioner Leroy C. Smith, County Road Association of Michigan Jay F. Gibbs, Michigan Municipal League Richard Harfst, Automobile Club of Michigan Walter Toebe, Michigan Road Building Industry J.P. Buckley, Engineer-Director COOPERATING CONSULTANTS Public Roads Administration Automotive Safety Foundation Federal Works Agency Washington, D.C. STAFF WORK BY Planning and Traffic Division Michigan State Highway Department PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING ROADWAY DEFICIENCIES FOREWORD The Michigan Good.Roads Federation, through its Highway Study Committee, has made a study of Michigan highway, road, and street needs. This study has now './ been completed and a report of its findings has been prepared and printed for the information of the people, the Governor, and the Legislature of the State • • The present book is a collection of the procedures prepared by the engineering staff and consultants of the committee, and issued to the various highway agencies for their use in determining and reporting the needs of the roadway systems under their jurisdictions. This collection of documents was made at the request of the Public Roads Administration for distribution to agencies or organizations in other states where a similar study might be contemplated. The Michigan Good Roads Federation which initiated this study is made up of groups and oreanizations interested in progressive highway development and use. The Highway Study Committee which made the study is composed of representa­ tives of private hi~hway user groups, commercial users, road builders, the County Road Association of Michigan, ·the Michigan Municipal League and the State Highway Department. The special staff for the study was made up of personnel from the Planning and Traffic Divis ion of the State Highway Department. The work of the staff was supplemented by technicians from other cooperating agencies and organizations and by specialists and consultants from the Public Roads Administration and the Automotive Safety Foundation. The standards and methods set forth in these procedural manuals were for­ mulated by three sub-committees conversant, respectively, with conditions in the state, county, and city and village hip;hway jurisdictions. The sub-committee deal­ ing with the bases and procedures for determining state trunkline needs was appointed by the State Highway Commissioner; that with county road needs, by the County Roads Association of Michigan; and that' with municipal streets, by the Michie;an Municipal League. The Committee 1 s engineering staff and consultants collected and prepared the basic background material for establishing standards by which the adequacy of the various types of roadways could be measured. They suggested standards for the several kinds of roads and streets. They also suggested procedures for determining needs in relation to these standards. The sets of proposed standards and procedures for the state trunklines, the county roads, and the municipal streets were each submitted to the appropriate sub-committee for examination, revision, and approval. These sub-committees are responsible for the procedural manuals in their final form as here presented. Reference to the accompanying organization chart of the, Highway Study Committee, will reveal that the ultimate formulation of the standards and pro­ cedures was done by hie;hway and traffic engineers and highway and civil adminis­ trators. Their preparation for the task was practical experience with conditions in their several highway fields. Their object was to establish methods by which other practical highway men could do a job essential to further highway development. The fact that these manuals produced generally successful results, w~s due in part to the methods adopted to familiarize county and municipal highway officials with their use. Local conuni ttees, acting under the initiative of the County Roads Association, organized regional meetings of county officials at which members of the study committee's staff carefully explained the standards, the procedures, and the methods of operation. A like program was followed in the case of municipal street officials. During the period when the field work based on these manuals was in progress, the study staff maintained steady and cooperative contact with the local agencie.s. District and assistant district engineers of the State Highway Depart­ ment also gave much assistance, particularly to the smaller cities and villages. It is hoped that this presentation of some of the basic working documents used in the Michigan highway study, may prove of value and interest to those responsible for highway administration and development in other states. I MUO!IGAN GOOD IIOADS FEDERATION : L OTTO S. HESS-President HARRY T. WARD-Vice President C. W. LUCAS-Secretory WALTER TOEBE-Treasurer MICHIGAN lEGISLATURE PUBLIC INFORMATION COMMI~£ JOINT COMMITTfi! I C, W. LUCAS, Chairman SEN. HASKEll L. NICHOLS REP. EMIL A. PELTZ HIGHWAY STUDY COMMITTEE BURTON MILLER SEN. JOSEPH P.CLOON REP.JOHN D. KRUSE AND ALTERNATES A. 0. CUTHBERT 'SEN. WM. C. VANDENBERG REP. WM. J. CLEARY pON B. S.MITH, Michiga11 Tru~:kitig Industry, Chairman RALPH SWAN CHARLES M. ZIEGLER, State Highway Commissioner C. McMONAGlE COMMIIT(E C~EA T£0 BV SENATE CONCURfiENT J. RESOLUTION NO. <10 TO COOfERATE IN TH~ STUDY u; ROY C. SMITH, Ccamty Rood ~sociation of Michigan LAWRENCE A. RUBIN, Director A. 0, CUTfiDtRT JAY F. GIBBS, Midligon Municipal League llOYO 8. REID RICHARD HARFST,Automobile Club of Michigan WWAlD ROCKWELL WALTER TOEBE, Michigan R(>t]d Building Industry A.M. DAVIS r - ~~ - - - - J.P. BUCKLEY, Engineer-Director - -·- - - - 1 -, ,- I ! PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION jAUTOMOTIVE SAFETY FOUNDATION I FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY WASHINGTON, D. C. BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT NATIONAL SAFETY COUNOL I COOPERATING COHSULTAIITS I UHIV~RSITY Of MICHIGAN CHICAGO, ltliNOii SPECIAL COMM,ITIEES SPECIAL STAFF PLANNING AND TRAFFIC DIVISION MICHIGAN STATI HIGHWAY DEPARTMtHT J. C. Me MONAGLE-....!)iroctor J. D. CRUISE-Auirtont Dlrottor J.O.GRAHUM Stolf Ccofdlnoto1 STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING COMMITTEE ENGINEERING COMMIITH MICHIGAN MUNICIPAL LEAGUE GEORGE iANDEHIUkGH-Cilt' En9looor, Ann A<lx>•. C~oirmoo II. C. COONS-Dcpuiy Co"'"'~'"'""- Chief Enginoor, Chol"""" STATE HIGHWAY NEEDS CITY NEEDS GLENN MANZ-City E"l)ln,.r, lan<io9 H. G. DAMOOSE-City Mono;Of, Yprilon!i C. A WUER-R.. d En9;.,.., ~ WILLIAM WALlACE----fngin .. r ol Slreotr, O.troit H G. M. FOSll'R-I!ri<l~• Enginm H,S. Bongry H. C. Bocon W. K. WILLMAH--City Mo.o9<r, Port H•ro~ B. R. OOWNEY-Moin!<nooco Engio..r HfHRY DARNES-T••ffic EogioHr, f!O.t )AMES I'OLtOCK, Cily M<mo~or, Mcnqo<llo J, C.McMONAGL£-Oiro<lor, flonning ortd Troff>< Phi<ibn 14. W. LANPON--I.oco!ioo ood ~oconoolrfon« Eouio ..r JOHN HUS"S-Diroctor Mi<;~igon Municipal L.. ~ .. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FINANCIAL ANALYSIS W.L.Stoinlotl AJ. r ..pp FEDERATION STANDARDS AND ADVISORY COMMITIEES PROCEDURES COMMITIEE COUNTY ROAO ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN COUNTY NEEDS WRITING & fOITING USUS; TRUCKING IHDU~HY-FOuonco K;.ly BUS lNDUSTRY--J. W, Po.,oll J. H. DENNIS---Goo., .. CounTy, Choi''"'" J.H. BARR Li•ingl!onC ..nty I'Yo•IPutn<y AGKICULT\IU-Stonky fo•oll, W. G. Atnu!""'g TOURIST 6- USORT-Robort C. M<lo•ghlin A. t. BUU!PGE-Woolord Co""ty R, R. Ho..-."' E. C. Rowloy W. 0. OOW----fmmotCounty MANUFACTtlRERS--Jolln L""'" AUTOMODILE INDUHn-C~orlH W. li>!.op f. K. EVANS-Ing~om Couoty W. A. GP.AY---Motquet!o County PETROLEUM INDUSHY-Williom Mmor J.ll. NORTON-Wo,noCounty AUTOMOBilE CLUI OF M!CIIIGAN-Somool C. Ho.U.n >- J. T. SHARPUUTEW-t>olta Coonty HIGHWAY USERS CONFERENCE-Gionn L Orr ~ J. H. SLOAN-h>><o Coonty AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES-JobS. Korpor MICHIGAN REAt ESTATf ASSOCIATION-A. R. S..u!ldon C. F. WINKLER-Hoo9htoo Count-; & HOMER WARil-AIIogon County ACCIDENTS SAFETY HIGHWAY CLASSIFICATION RODERT SCOTT-Aipono County -------------- E. Gornlo STATE: PEPARTMENT OF !DUCA TION-11. E. ~'""" J. G. SCHAUB-Spo<iorAuignn""' Engmoor A. C. Shormon STATe POliCE-Commlulo ..r Pooold S. leonard W.Wrlg~t StOto H;g~ ..., Dopo_rimon! OEPARTMEHT OF COHSERVATION-Woylond O>good SECUTARY OF STAT£-LH C. Ric~ordson A. 0. CUTHeERT----fo;in"r. Dltoctor STATE SAfETY COMMISSION-Moo,..llllolscy Coonlt' Rood Auo<iotlo" of Mi<bigon PUILIC SERVIC£ COMMIWO~ L loo<~lo• GRAPI-IIC PRESENTATION TRAFFIC OPERATIONS C. W. Thompoon ~omM DouOtlo T. £. Tol>oy - LEGAL COMMITIEE TRAFfiC ENGINEERING AND .PARKING COMMITIEE EDW. ROCKW£lL-AutornoMoClubofMi_,~. fRANK EISEHACH-Stota Hlg~w"'' Dopt., Q.,, '- JM. M. KANE-Sto!o Hlghwo) IJoportmOnt RUSS[Ll HA~~!SON-Ootro<t T<0ffoc log. lutOO• PHOTOGRAPHY OSCAR GUHDUSON-W•I""• Coo•ty Rood Com. 1-' JOifN J. JACODY---County bod A<<O<ioiioo HENRY IARNES-Ttol~< Eng; ...,, fhnt UY C. EASTMAH--City floo~jng Corn. A•• A.bot WALT<R KRArOI!L---City Allorney, Fliot Mu'!lkyCullor f.M. JEHHIHGS-l'lonnlog Dh•<tor, G<0•d Rapid< BASES AND PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING STATE TRUNKLINE NEEDS Prepared By The State Highway Department Engineering Committee and the Staff of the Highway Study Committee 1947 \- TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 OUTLINE OF PROCEDURE 2 EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURE 3-6 GEOMETRIC DESIGN STANDARDS - TABLE I 7 EXPLANATION OF TABLE I 8-9 TOLERABLE CONDITIONS PERMITTED - TABLE II 10 EXPLANATION OF TABLE II 11-12 SAMPLE TABULATION SHEET BASES AND PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING STATE TRUNKLINE NEEDS July 1947 INTRODUCTION The Michigan Good Roads Federation has appointed the Hi~hway Study Committee to gather, analyze, and present facts about highways, roads, and streets to assist in solving the highway transportation problem in Michigan. A major part of this study is directed toward answering the question '"what are the road needs?" Commissioner Charles M.