Setting Speed Limits: English Version

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• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Driving Behavior Operating Speed Speed Data Speed Limits Traffic Regulations Traffic Safety
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TTI: 5-7049-01, Product 5-7049-01-P1
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas. Department of Transportation
• 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 along with calls to change how speed limit are set, especially for city streets, have generated extensive discussion on future speed limit setting procedures. Recent Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) research involved conducting dialogues with TxDOT districts to learn about the practices and procedures being used, developing products designed to increase the understanding of operating speed and of PSLs, and performing new research into operating speed relationships with roadway characteristics.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:42c0df9cbdcf08179d9bc6d0ed05ee1ac89f78ade0ed1b26fc9126b01c3b3b20ab0ac6d0ada8d51847ef2a2274bdbdc05dd048e9c9d48e823a7c8699db942e56
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83540/dot_83540_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.00 MB ]