State Route 6 Corridor Study Final Report - Cobb County Government

Share the road programs have been initiated in the State of Washington and British
Columbia. In Washington, a Share the Road Program known as Ticketing Aggressive
Cars and Trucks (TACT) was undertaken as a pilot program. TACT combined law
enforcement and education activities to minimize aggressive driving between
automobiles and trucks. In British Columbia, the Fraser Canyon Highway was
designated as a safety corridor to improve travel for all roadway users. As part of this
initiative, a Drive Smart – Share the Road Program was established. This program
educates non‐commercial drivers about sharing the roadway with trucks through the
use of brochures and mounting various decals on trucks.
� Develop an access management plan for the SR 6 corridor
The SR 6 corridor extends through four counties and seven municipalities. The type
and frequency of access along the corridor varies greatly. As indicated in the Baseline
Conditions Report, the greatest number of driveways per mile occur in Segments 1 and 2
of the corridor (SR 61 to I‐20), with concentrations of 19 to 23 driveways per mile
between Maxham Road and I‐20 on the northeast side of SR 6, 15 to 18 driveways per
mile between SR 92 and US 78 on the northeast side of SR 6, and 10 to 14 driveways per
mile between Paulding Parkway and SR 92 on both sides of SR 6. The remainder of the
corridor has fewer than nine driveways per mile. In order to manage access more
effectively throughout the corridor, development of a corridor‐wide access
management plan is recommended.
“Access management is the systematic control of the location, spacing,
design, and operation of driveways, median openings, interchanges, and
street connections to a roadway…The purpose of access management is to
provide vehicular access to land development in a manner that preserves
the safety and efficiency of the transportation system.” 6
The importance of managing access along SR 6 cannot be emphasized enough.
Currently, GDOT policy guidelines for access to the corridor vary by corridor section.
The inconsistency in access‐granting allows some jurisdictions to have many access
points, whereas others have very few. Overall, the more access that is granted, the
more travel is impeded by conflicts created by vehicles accessing adjacent parcels. The
access management plan should be comprehensive and multijurisdictional, so that a
consistent approach is applied throughout the corridor. Georgia guidelines for access
6 Transportation Research Board, Access Management Manual (Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 2003),
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Final Report 3‐19
January 2008