Managing Speed: Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits -- Special Report 254 (SPECIAL REPORT (NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (U S) TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD)) - Softcover

Transportation Research Board

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030906502X ISBN 13: 9780309065023

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1998

Synopsis

TRB Special Report 254 - Managing Speed: Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits reviews practices for setting and enforcing speed limits on all types of roads and provides guidance to state and local governments on appropriate methods of setting speed limits and related enforcement strategies. Following an executive summary, the report is presented in six chapters and five appendices.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Effects of Speed
• Chapter 3: Managing Speeds: Speed Limits
• Chapter 4: Speed Enforcement and Adjudication
• Chapter 5: Other Speed Management Strategies
• Chapter 6: Guidance on Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits
• Appendix A: Trade-Off Decisions in Selecting Driving Speeds
• Appendix B: Speed and Crashes: A Controlversial Topic and an Elusive Relationship
• Appendix C: Effect of Speed Limits on Speed Distributions and Highway Safety
• Appendix D: Review of Automated Technologies for Speed Management and Enforcement
• Appendix E: Glossary
• Study Committee Biographical Information

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 030906502X
• ISBN 13: 9780309065023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440