Effective Speed Management Measures: Methodology and Application in City of Edmonton, Canada
Every year, staff and members of Council of communities of all sizes along Canada receive numerous complaints from residents regarding vehicles speeding along residential roads. Although traffic volumes on these types of streets can be considered minor, traffic speeds detected in such types of road are causing a concern. Aside of law enforcement, the most common response to these complains is the implementation of traffic calming since this type of engineering measure has the potential not only to lessen the direct negative impact of road traffic, but to promote the integration of urban environments in which all modes of transportation can be adequately integrated as part of the roadway network. However, many of these attempts have shown questionable effectiveness in reducing travelling speed “corridor-wide” with a perceived effect limited to the area surrounding a traffic calming device. Through a comprehensive literature search and jurisdiction scan approach; this paper investigates the effectiveness of speed management measures while considering the following factors: 1) self-enforcement measures; 2) corridor-wide effect; 3) before and after study findings; and 4) potential impacts on transit routes, emergency vehicle response time, snow removal activities and pedestrian/cyclists. The results of this investigation are summarized in a selection matrix format for the most effective speed management measures. A methodology for applying these measures on collector roads is introduced by considering the context-sensitive characteristics of the study area and the speed management selection matrix. This methodology is then applied to two case studies on the City of Edmonton roads.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFB40 Landscape and Environmental Design.
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Authors:
- Abdelgawad, Hossam
- Garcia, Jaime
- Hadayeghi, Alireza
- Karunaratne, Ken
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 17p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Methodology; Residential streets; Speed limits; Speeding; Traffic calming; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: Edmonton (Canada)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01515554
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4188
- Files: PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 24 2014 8:43AM