Managing Speed: Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits -- Special Report 254

Transportation Research Board

doi:10.17226/11387

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Managing Speed

Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits -- Special Report 254

(1998)

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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.

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Transportation Research Board. 1998. Managing Speed: Review of Current Practices for Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits -- Special Report 254. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11387.

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440 pages | 6 x 9 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/11387

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-14
Chapter 1: Introduction	15-35
Chapter 2: Effects of Speed	36-76
Chapter 3: Managing Speeds: Speed Limits	77-138
Chapter 4: Speed Enforcement and Adjudication	139-165
Chapter 5: Other Speed Management Strategies	166-185
Chapter 6: Guidance on Setting and Enforcing Speed Limits	186-214
Appendix A: Trade-Off Decisions in Selecting Driving Speeds	215-220
Appendix B: Speed and Crashes: A Controlversial Topic and an Elusive Relationship	221-276
Appendix C: Effect of Speed Limits on Speed Distributions and Highway Safety	277-358
Appendix D: Review of Automated Technologies for Speed Management and Enforcement	359-390
Appendix E: Glossary	391-418
Study Committee Biographical Information	419-428

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