Improving and Communicating Speed Management Practices: Project Summary Report

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• Creators:
  Fitzpatrick, Kay ; Venglar, Steven P. ; Das, Subasish ; Pratt, Michael ; Park, Eun Sug ; Avelar, Raul ; Le, Minh
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Implementation Office ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Alertness Drivers Highway Operations Highway Safety Human Factors Operating Speed Public Relations Speed Limits Speed Signs
• Publication/ Report Number:
  0-7049
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Edition:
  Project Summary Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  Posted speed limits (PSLs) are a highly complex issue involving engineering, human factors, and political and societal concerns. On a national level, recent research and calls to change how speed limit are set, especially for city streets, have generated extensive discussion of future speed-limit-setting procedures. Within this Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) project, the research team conducted dialogs with TxDOT districts to learn about the practices and procedures being used, developed a number of products designed to increase the understanding of operating speed and of PSLs, and performed new research into operating speed relationships with roadway characteristics.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:76ecf523f86a8f519ee37fd8a82128458adb040f8aac52d46aab8f01c662f1b37961f470dde04564699aaa5fde424198770d026a4ef6fc2255d0168396c6c143
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74592/dot_74592_DS1.pdf
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