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Speed Management for Safety

Edited by Airton G. Kohls (Source: Institute of Transportation Engineers and Road to Zero Coalition)

 

The Institute of Transportation Engineers developed the Speed Management for Safety Hub, in partnership with the Road to Zero Coalition, to provide a comprehensive overview of factors and resources to transportation professionals when evaluating, designing, implementing, and enforcing safe speeds. Practitioners can explore resources on the following

To effectively prevent RwD crashes and fatalities, FHWA's efforts are guided by the Strategic Approach & Plan that follows a clear framework prioritizing efforts to:

  • Speed as a Safety Problem
  • Setting Speed Limits
  • Measures for Managing Speed
  • Creating a Speed Management Program

You can access the Speed Management for Safety Hub at https://www.ite.org/technical-resources/topics/speed-management-for-safety/

TTAP is working on a Speed Management Techniques workshop that will soon be available for registration on our calendar! Stay tuned!

In the meantime, here are a few speed management resources available for FREE for you to download:

Integrating Speed Management within Roadway Departure, Intersections, and Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety Focus Areas

Speeding contributes to nearly one-third of all roadway fatalities, and this proportion has remained largely unchanged for the past decade. Since roadway departure, intersection, and pedestrian and bicycle crashes have been identified by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as the three areas with great potential to reduce fatalities, States are being encouraged to integrate speed management into these three safety focus areas. To assist agencies with integrating speed management into their policies, practices, and safety plans, this report presents information on national speeding-related crash trends, promotes a speed-related crash data analysis approach, and recommends strategies and initiatives for integrating speed management into an agency's overall policies, as well as their roadway departure, intersection, and pedestrian/bicyclist safety programs.
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/speedmgt/ref_mats/fhwasa16017/spd_mgt_rwdpdbik.pdf

Speed Management: A Manual for Local Rural Road Owners

This document is intended to provide local road practitioners with information on how to address speedingrelated crashes through the implementation of a comprehensive Speed Management Program. An effective program addresses all factors that influence speeding through engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency services—known as the four E's of safety.
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/local_rural/training/fhwasa010413spmgmt/speedmanagementguide.pdf

Speed Management: Toolkit

This document is a collection of resources available from FHWA on speed management countermeasures, successful speed management program tips sheets, etc.
https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/speedmgt/ref_mats/docs/speedmanagementtoolkit_final.pdf


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