To increase or not to increase speed limit: A review of safety and other issues

Proceedings of the Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, ICTTS

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1-8

  Sinha, Kumares C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Speed; Traffic management; Traffic safety; United States

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY; HIGHWAY SAFETY; PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS; SPEED LIMIT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY FACTOR; SPEED;

SPEED; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

HIGHWAY SAFETY; SPEED LIMIT;

EID: 0033698943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40503(277)1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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