Speed Management Action Plan Implementation: The Oregon Experience

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Fatalities Speed Limits Traffic Safety Transportation Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-SA-19-022
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  States across the Nation are experiencing increases in speeding-related fatalities. In 2014, Oregon reported 105 speeding-related fatalities, which accounted for nearly 30 percent of total traffic fatalities in the State. In an effort to take a broad look at their speeding-related policies, safety plans, and programs, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), with assistance from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), developed a Speed Management Action Plan (SMAP). The plan integrates opportunities for speed management statewide, suggests guidance for setting effective and appropriate speed limits, and promotes strategies and countermeasures to reduce speeding-related crashes. Finalized in summer of 2016, ODOT promoted the SMAP to stakeholders by making presentations to: Regional metropolitan planning organizations; Leadership teams within ODOT; State safety committees; Other teams within the agency. The presentations encouraged stakeholders to read the plan and to ask questions as a means of fostering involvement and collaboration. ODOT is currently working with several of these stakeholders to implement the plan’s strategies and action steps, discussed below.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67047/dot_67047_DS1.pdf
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