THE LOWERING OF SPEED LIMITS IN THE ADELAIDE HILLS: PUBLIC OPINION AND ON-ROAD OBSERVATIONS
In December 2001 speed limits on a selected group of roads in the Adelaide Hills and Mt Barker Council Areas were reduced from 100 kilometres per hour to 80 kilometres per hour based on assessments of appropriate speed limits for the roads concerned. A publicity campaign was conducted by the State Government to inform people of the pending change in speed limit. Telephone questionnaire surveys were conducted two months prior to the introduction of the scheme and at the same time in the following year. Thirteen speed monitoring sites (of which five had limits maintained at 100 kilometres per hour) provided data on speeds before and after the introduction of the 80 kilometres per hour limit as an indicative measure only. It was found that the scheme had been well accepted by Hills residents with no major issues arising. Speed monitoring suggested that speeds on the 80 kilometres per hour sections had dropped compared with control sites, and absolutely, by several kilometres per hour. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210298.
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Corporate Authors:
ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY (RTA)
PO BOX K198
SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES Australia 1238 -
Authors:
- Woolley, J
- DYSON, C
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 303-8 (VOL 1)
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Serial:
- ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH, POLICING AND EDUCATION CONFERENCE, 2003, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
- Publisher: ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY (RTA)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Public participation; Publicity; Rural areas; Safety; Speed; Speed limits; Suburbs; Traffic control
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 8525: Conference; 142: Public participation; 8573: Publicity; 328: Rural area; 1665: Safety; 5408: Speed; 624: Speed limit; 304: Suburbs; 654: Traffic control
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00975529
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 0 73105 395 8
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 7 2004 12:00AM