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.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $350000.00
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Contract Numbers:
Project 17-23
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Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Project Managers:
Hedges, Christopher
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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