Download or read book An Analysis of Speed Limit Policies for Indiana written by Nisar Khan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The repeal of the National maximum Speed Limit law in 1995 enabled individual states to set their own speed limits. Speed limits are necessary to ensure mobility while preserving highway safety. It is important that states continually monitor and evaluate existing operating speeds in the context of changing patterns of travel, and changing characteristics of highways, vehicles, drivers, and land-use. Any efforts to review existing speed limits should be accompanied by evaluation of policy impacts such as safety and economic productivity. The goal of this research is to develop a set of speed limit policy guidelines for the state. The study reviews the historical trends in traffic speed in Indiana and recommends a detailed analysis of the impact of speed limit changes on safety and the trucking industry in Indiana. The report also presents a state-of-the-art practice review and a set of possible actions that may be considered for speed limits in Indiana.
Download or read book Influence of Speed Limits on Roadway Safety in Indiana written by Nataliya V. Malyshkina and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of speed limits on roadway safety is an extremely important social issue and is subject to an extensive debate in the State of Indiana and nationwide. With roughly 900 fatalities and sixty thousand injuries annually in Indiana, traffic accidents place an incredible social and economic burden on the state. Still, speed limits posted on highways and other roads are routinely exceeded as individual drivers try to balance safety and mobility as well as risks of penalties from enforcement efforts. This research explores the relationship between speed limits and roadway safety. Specifically, the research focuses on speed-limit changes from 65 mph to 70 mph on rural interstates and from 55 mph to 60 mph on select non-freeway multilane rural highways The results of the modeling show that higher speed limits did not have a statistically significant effect on the likelihood of unsafe-speed being listed as the primary causeof the accident on interstate highways. For some non-interstate highways, higher speed limits were found to significantly increase the likelihood of unsafe speed being listed as the primary cause of the accident, and for others, the higher speed limits were found to decrease this likelihood. With regard to accident severity, the results show that speed limits did not have a statistically significant effect on the severity of accidents on interstate highways. However, for some non-interstate highways, higher speed limits were found to be associated with higher accident severities - suggesting that future speed limit changes on non-interstates need to be carefully assessed on a case-by -case basis. The findings in this project provide some information to the Indiana Department of Transportation on the potential consequences of future speed-limit policies in the state.
Download or read book The Development of a Speed Monitoring Program for Indiana written by Darren L. Jorgenson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indiana Traffic Laws and the Uniform Vehicle Code written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Committee to Study the Effects of the 55 M P H Speed Limit in Indiana written by Indiana. General Assembly. Legislative Council. Committee to Study the Effects of the 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit in Indiana and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating the Impacts of Speed Limit Policy Alternatives written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As of June 2014, Michigan is one of eight states with a differential speed limit in place on its rural freeways, which sets a maximum speed of 70 mph for passenger vehicles and 60 mph for trucks and buses. In select urban environments, these speed limits are both reduced to a uniform 55 mph limit. Legislation was introduced in early 2014 that proposed increases to these speed limits. In order to ascertain the potential impacts of these proposed speed limit increases, this research examined a broad range of traffic safety, operational, environmental, and economic data. This study involved a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of prior research on the relationships between traffic speed, safety, and crash risk. A survey was conducted of state agency practices with respect to speed limit establishment and another survey was conducted to obtain feedback on proposed changes from the trucking industry. National fatality data were collected and analyzed to ascertain the effects of speed limit policies on traffic fatalities, with specific emphasis on maximum speed limits and the effects of uniform vs. differential limits on urban and rural interstates. Further analyses were conducted at the disaggregate level to examine crash trends on Michigan freeways. These results were supplemented by the analysis of field speed data that were collected on freeways in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Differences in mean speeds, 85th percentile speeds, and the standard deviation in speeds among passenger cars, trucks, and buses were examined with respect to the speed limit policies in place at each of 160 roadway locations. Based upon the results of the fatality and speed data analyses, a benefit-cost analysis of the proposed speed limit change was conducted in consideration of both road user and agency costs. Recommendations were presented to aid in decision-making related to speed limit policies.
Download or read book Predicting the Impact of Changing Speed Limits on Traffic Safety and Mobility on Indiana Freeways written by Andrew P. Tarko and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Managing Speed written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1998 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Policy on Design Standards interstate System written by and published by Aashto. This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact and Implementation of the 55 mile per hour Speed Limit written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Identifying Effects and Applications of Fixed and Variable Speed Limits written by Michelle Mekker and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Indiana, distracted driving and unexpected queues have led to an increase in the amount of back-of-queue crashes, particularly on approach to work zones. This report presents new strategies for the assessment of both transportation safety and traffic operations using crowd-sourced probe vehicle data and a speed laser vehicle re-identification scheme. This report concludes by recommending strategies for the placement of variable speed limits (VSL) adjacent to work zones and suggestions for future research.
Download or read book Summary of Research written by Indiana. Department of Transportation. Research Division and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Safety and the 65 MPH Maximum Speed Limit written by Patrick S. McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of the Effects of Law Enforcement on Traffic Flow Behavior written by Kent B. Joscelyn and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Speed Management in Small Cities and Towns written by Andrew P. Tarko and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many small cities and towns in rural states such as Indiana are crossed by arterial highways. The local traffic on these roads, particularly vulnerable road users, face the excessive risk of injury and death. This danger is amplified with local land development, driveways, and on-street parking in town centers. This report presents an Indiana study of the speeding problem on arterial roads passing through small communities. Past research on various countermeasures suitable for the studied conditions were identified and the connection between speed reduction and safety improvements was investigated in a sample of Indiana small towns. Promising speed-reduction measures include speed feedback signs and converging chevrons with speed limit legends marked on the pavement. Point-to-point enforcement is a modern and highly effective alternative that may be applicable on highways passing small towns if the through traffic prevails with limited interruptions. This report provides a method of evaluating the benefits of speed reduction in the studied conditions where the risk of severe injury and fatality is excessive to road users while the frequency of crashes is low. The method includes the proactive estimation of the economic benefit. The results indicate that both the local and through traffic on highways passing a small town benefit considerably from speed reduction even after accounting for the loss of time. An Excel spreadsheet developed in the study facilitates the calculations.
Download or read book Maximum Speed Limits A study for the selection of maximum speed limits written by Kent B. Joscelyn and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
