NTL Record

Title Vehicle Speed Considerations in Traffic Management: Development of a New Speed Monitoring Program
Record ID 10902
Personal Name
Creator
Karlaftis, MG; Sinha, KC; Jorgenson, Darren L.
Source JT: Journal of transportation and statistics, Vol. 3, No. 3; 13p. in various pagings
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publication Date 20001200
Language English
Abstract The federal speed monitoring program, established in 1974 and repealed in 1995, was primarily intended to provide reliable data for inclusion in states' annual certification for Federal Aid Highway Projects. The repeal of the program not only authorized states to set their own speed limits but also allowed them to develop their own speed monitoring program. A seven step framework for a speed monitoring program tailored to meet the needs of individual agencies using speed monitoring data at the state level is developed in this paper. This proposed plan distributes speed monitoring stations to highway classes according to three primary criteria: spatial distributions, crash distribution, and daily vehicle miles traveled (DVMT) distribution. A comparison is made between the proposed plan and the existing speed monitoring program.
Rosap ID dot:4805
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4805
TRT Terms Highway traffic control; Monitoring; Speed control
General Subjects Federal aid highways; Monitoring; Speed; Speed control; Speed limits; State laws; Traffic control
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Speed Limits;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety
Geographical
Coverage
United States
ISSN 10948848
OCLC 47206474
TRIS Online
Accession No
811798
Availability BTS Products
Resource type Journal Article
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/10000/10900/10902/5jorgenson.pdf
Alternative URL http://www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository