Safety Impacts and Other Implications of Raised Speed Limits on High-Speed Roads

The objectives of this research are to determine the effects of raised speed limits on high-speed roads and, based on the results, to recommend models and procedures that will assist highway agencies to determine when and where speed limits should be changed.

• Record URL:
  http://www.trb.org/TRBNet/ProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=449

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $350000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 17-23

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Hedges, Christopher

• Performing Organizations:

  Charles River Associates, Incorporated

  200 Clarendon Street, John Hancock Tower
  Boston, MA  United States  02116
• Principal Investigators:

  Bottom, Jon

  Kockelman, Kara

• Start Date: 20020723
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20060401
• Source Data: RiP Project 6517

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed vehicles; Highway safety; Research projects; Speed limits; Traffic safety; Traffic speed
• Identifier Terms: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01460985
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• Contract Numbers: Project 17-23
• Files: RiP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:36PM