ESTABLISHING CRITERIA FOR SPEED LIMITS IN SCHOOL ZONES

A CRITERIA WAS DEVELOPED FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS IN SCHOOL ZONES AND TO ISOLATE THE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SPEEDS IN SCHOOL ZONES. STUDY SITES WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SCHOOL, TYPE OF HIGHWAY AND THE AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC. DATA COLLECTED INCLUDED VEHICLE SPEEDS /MEASURED BY RADAR/, TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ROADWAY AND SCHOOL AREA. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT APPROACH SPEED LIMIT, DISTANCE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS FROM ROADWAY EDGE, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, LENGTH OF SCHOOL ZONE, PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF SCHOOL, AND TYPE OF SCHOOL ARE ALL SIGNIFICANT FACTORS INFLUENCING MEAN SPEEDS IN SCHOOL ZONES.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No 21 MAY 1966, HPR
• Corporate Authors:

  West Virginia State Road Commission

  1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
  Charleston, WV  United States  25305-0440

  West Virginia University, Morgantown

  Morgantown, WV  United States  26506
• Authors:
  • Carter, Everett C
  • Jain, R P
• Publication Date: 1966

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Approach; Average daily traffic; Data collection; Geometric design; Highways; Mean (Statistics); Radar; Schools; Speed; Speed limits; Statistical analysis; Traffic speed; Traffic volume; Vehicles; Zoning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Approach speed; Mean (Statistical); Types
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224843
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 1 1994 12:00AM