A SUMMARY OF THE VEHICULAR SPEED REGULATION PROJECT

THIS REPORT CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE PAST TEN YEARS WORK ON VEHICULAR SPEED REGULATION CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. A GREAT DEAL OF USEFUL AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION HAS BEEN GATHERED DURING THE COURSE OF THE STUDY. THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THIS INFORMATION, WHICH COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS, THE PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING VEHICULAR SPEED, AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF SPEED, EVALUATIONS OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING SPEED, ESTIMATION OF SPOT-SPEEDS, AND VARIOUS STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS DEVELOPED BY THE PROJECT PERSONNEL. INCLUDED. A DISCUSSION OF AVAILABLE LITERATURE ON SPEED PRECEDES A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT AND DISCUSSION OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE ON SPEED AND SPEED REGULATION. RESEARCH, IT IS CONCLUDED, HAS DEALT PRIMARILY WITH ROADWAY AND VEHICLE FACTORS INFLUENCING SPEED WHILE MORE STUDY NEEDS TO BE MADE OF THE DRIVERS INFLUENCES. THIS AND OTHER AREAS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ARE DETAILED IN THE FINAL SECTION OF THE REPORT. A COMPREHENSIVE APPENDIX, SUMMARIZING EACH INDIVIDUAL REPORT /PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED/ COMPLETED BY PROJECT PERSONNEL, COMPLETES THE REPORT. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hdr, Ihr-53
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Authors:
  • Webster, L A
  • Gruen, W T
• Publication Date: 1966-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic factors; Environmental impacts; Highway design; Regulations; Speed; Spot speed; Statistical analysis; Studies; Traffic speed; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Illinois
• Old TRIS Terms: Economic considerations; Speed studies
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Environment; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224824
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 1994 12:00AM