The impact of lowered residential speed limits on vehicle speed behavior (original) (raw)

Pilot Test of Heed the Speed - a Program to Reduce Speeds in Residential Neighborhoods

2008

Higher vehicle speeds are associated with more severe pedestrian injuries and increased chance of a fatality, particularly on residential roadways. There has been significant work on engineering approaches to traffic calming as a means of reducing neighborhood speeds. There have, however, been few attempts to combine public information, enforcement and innovative marking techniques with engineering changes as a means of enhancing speed reductions. The focus of the current study was therefore to determine the additive effect of enforcement and education on speeds in residential neighborhoods. Six neighborhoods, three each in two cities, Phoenix and Peoria, Arizona, were selected for a Heed the Speed program. Yard signs, pamphlets and other education materials were distributed to area residents. The police increased enforcement patrols, warnings and tickets for speeding violations. Speed tables or speed humps and innovative pavement markings that created the illusion of impediments we...

Experimental evaluation of municipal speed enforcement programs

1995

... Overall, the research showed that municipal speed enforcement programs can have significant, positive effects on measures of public opinion, traffic safety, and crime. Files: ... PO Box 519 Santa Barbara, CA 93102 USA. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ...