United States Department of Transportation
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Lower Citywide Speed Limits and Design Changes: Safer City Arterials for All Road Users
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2022-01-01
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Abstract:Excessive speeding in cities can be particularly deadly for vulnerable road users, especially on busy arterials with high volumes of vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle interaction. Only five out of 10 pedestrians will survive a crash with a vehicle traveling at 42 miles per hour (mph). Transportation practitioners use a variety of strategies to manage speed, and lowering speed limits citywide is one of those strategies. However, simply lowering the citywide speed limit isn’t always enough to slow drivers—a wide travel lane design and unobstructed views on many city arterials encourage speeding by making drivers feel that it is safe to speed.
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