SPR-4217: Speed Management in Small Cities and Towns - Guidelines for Indiana

Rural arterials passing through small towns and cities pose a major safety risk due to high speeds of through traffic in areas with local and vulnerable road users. The project will deliver: 1) The effective ways to manage vehicle speeds including road design, traffic management and control, and modern technology-based solutions. 2) Guidelines on conditions that justify use of the countermeasures including signage, markings, and speed display, limited changes in the cross-section, gateways, changes in horizontal alignment, and combinations of these countermeasures.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $128240
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4217

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Tarko, Andrew

• Start Date: 20170901
• Expected Completion Date: 20191231
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Geometric design; Highway design; Highway safety; Rural highways; Small cities; Small towns; Speed control; Speeding
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01644076
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4217
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 25 2017 3:55PM