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An immediate reaction to the energy crisis by highway engineers was a proposal to summarily reduce design standards, expecially design speed. This paper discusses why such a reduction should not be effected. Factors that should be considered before standards are reduced are (a) AASHTO definition of design speed, (b) possibility of 88-km/h (55-mph) speed limit being temporary, (c) the effect reducing design speed could have on multimodal corridors, (d) higher order of safety provided by higher design speeds, (e) increased use of smaller cars, (f) liability of highway engineers, and (g) current research on situational design criteria. /Author/

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Compact automobiles; Design speed; Design standards; Energy resources; Highway engineers; Highway safety; Liability; Multimodal transportation; Transportation corridors

Energy crisis

Energy; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities

TRIS, TRB

May 31 1977 12:00AM

• AN APPROACH FOR MAXIMIZING THE CAPACITY OF SELF-SERVICE PARKING FACILITIES
• CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERSECTION ACCIDENTS IN RURAL MUNICIPALITIES (ABRIDGMENT)
• COST EFFECTIVENESS OF FREEWAY COURTESY PATROLS IN HOUSTON
• DEVELOPMENTS IN AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION DURING 1974 AND 1975
• EFFECT OF BRIDGE SHOULDER WIDTH ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS (ABRIDGMENT)
• EFFECT OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON DELAY AT INTERSECTIONS
• EFFECT OF GUARDRAILS ON INTERSTATE BRIDGES ON VEHICLE SPEED AND LATERAL PLACEMENT (ABRIDGMENT)
• EVALUATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING DRIVEWAY ACCIDENTS
• FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN AND OPERATION OF PASSING ZONES ON TWO- LANE HIGHWAYS
• HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS AT BRIDGES (ABRIDGMENT)
• OPERATING PARAMETERS FOR MAIN LINE SENSORS IN FREEWAY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
• PLANNING TRANSIT FACILITY PARKING FOR THE BOSTON METROPOLITAN AREA
• ROADSIDE ENCROACHMENT PARAMETERS FOR NONFREEWAY FACILITIES (ABRIDGMENT)
• ROADSIDE HAZARDS ON NONFREEWAY FACILITIES (ABRIDGMENT)
• SINGLE POINT DIVERSION OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC
• URBAN FREEWAY CORRIDOR CONTROL MODEL (ABRIDGMENT)