Long-term speed compliance and safety impacts of rational speed limits

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 536-544

  Son, Hojun D ^a   Fontaine, Michael D ^b   Park, Byungkyu ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Public information programs; Traffic accidents; Traffic safety; Traffic speed

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SPEED; BEFORE AND AFTER; CRASH DATA; PUBLIC INFORMATION; PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SAFETY IMPACT; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SPEED ANALYSIS; SPEED DISPERSION; SPEED LIMIT; SPEED LIMIT COMPLIANCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC SPEED; TRAVEL SPEED; VIRGINIA;

ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

SPEED;

COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 68049102137     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000017     Document Type: Article

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