Evaluate Traffic Control Devices Viable Use to Reduce Speeding Behavior at High-Low Speed Zone Locations in Michigan

Determine the effectiveness of various traffic control devices currently in use to reduce driver speeding behavior, when traveling from a high-speed zone to low-speed zone. Site locations of interest in Michigan are where the speed limit is reduced due to a change in roadway context, such as locations with increased pedestrian traffic, within school vicinity, and where bicycle traffic exist. Devices proposed for study under this research project are signs of various sizes, dynamic signs, and experimental type devices.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Van Wagoner Building
  425 W. Ottawa Street
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909
• Performing Organizations:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Institute for Community Development
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824-1226
• Start Date: 20260109
• Expected Completion Date: 20280208
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Speed control; Speed limits; Speeding; Traffic control devices
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01995868
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Michigan Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 17 2026 2:50PM