APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF THE 30 KM PER HOUR MEASURE
AANPAK VOOR DE EVALUATIE VAN DE 30 KM PER UUR MAATREGEL
Motorized traffic in residential areas often goes too fast. The maximum speed limit of 50 km/h is even often too high for some streets in such areas, in particular in the older ones. Therefore a lower speed limit of 30 km/h has been introduced since January 1, 1984 in the Netherlands. There is however the condition that this speed limit must be displayed on traffic signs. The background to the introduction of this speed limit is that traffic safety is positively influenced. The long term aims of the 30 km/h measure have to do with the layout of residential areas. The 30 km/h measure is one of the measures of a policy to divide the future roads inside built-up areas into two categories: traffic and living streets. The speed limit should be applied in those areas in which motorized traffic has priority over the living function of the road and its environment. The expected effects of the measure are discussed and an approach for evaluation of the measure is presented. (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
The Hague, Netherlands 2594 AW -
Authors:
- KRAAY, J H
- Publication Date: 1984
Language
- Dutch
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: 45 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Central business districts; Economic efficiency; Evaluation and assessment; Impacts; Residential areas; Speed; Speed limits; Traffic safety; Traffic signs
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Efficiency
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- ITRD Terms: 9009: Decrease; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 8078: Netherlands; 307: Residential area; 5408: Speed; 624: Speed limit; 311: Town centre; 553: Traffic sign
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00399390
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: R-84-47 Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM