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Title:

Residential Speed Limit Reduction Case Studies

Accession Number:

01334489

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Speeding on residential/neighborhood streets is a common citizen complaint to city councils, but it is not a national research priority because such streets are low volume and low speed. Previous research on the effects of lowering speed limits has been limited mostly to high-volume, high-speed roads. On such facilities, studies indicated that a reduction in speed was not commonly attained by reducing the posted speed limits alone. In contrast, residential studies in Springfield and Columbia, Missouri, found that statistically significant speed reductions were achieved by reducing the speed limit from 30 mph (48 kph) to 25 mph (40 kph). The engineering studies were used by each City to guide their decisions to lower residential speed limits citywide.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-1350

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Rossy, Ginger
Sun, Carlos
Jessen, Dan
Newman, Earl

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Photos (1) ; References (11)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I81: Accident Statistics

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1350

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:46PM