More than 40,000 people are killed on our highways each year, & millions more are injured. Bad drivers & bad vehicles alone do not account for this carnage. The highway itself is often a contributing -even determining -cause of accidents.

This handbook examines the area of transportation facility negligence cases. Topics covered include roadside obstacles, missing signs, barricades, potholes and shoulders, curve design, railraod crossings, guardrails, sidewalk defects, ditches, lights and signals, pavement marking, snow removal, and construction hazards.

The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.

"Provides guidelines for the planning, design, and implementation of BOS operations along urban freeways and major arterials ... The report should be useful as a decision-making guide to assist transit operators, state DOTs, MPOs, and other stakeholders in assessing the feasibility of the BOS concept, developing safe and effective BOS plans, implementing initial BOS operations, and maintaining or expanding ongoing BOS operations."--Foreword.