Review of Guidelines for Establishing School Speed Zones

A recent survey conducted by the Institute of Transportation Engineers Traffic Engineering Council included a request to identify guidelines or warrants used to determine when to install school speed zones. Several agencies noted that they use the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) when determining when to install a reduced school speed zone. Some agencies use local or state guidelines. The paper contains a summary, and in some cases an excerpt, of the guidelines provided. The paper starts with a review of key elements on the topic within the MUTCD. Next are the summaries of the state guidelines. The paper ends with summaries of city or county guidelines.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Fitzpatrick, Kay
• Conference:
  • 3rd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work
  • Location: Seattle WA
  • Date: 2007-6-34 to 2007-6-27
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: 3rd Urban Street Symposium: Uptown, Downtown, or Small Town: Designing Urban Streets That Work, June 24-27, 2007, Seattle, Washington

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cities; Counties; Guidelines; Schools; Speed zones; States; Warrants (Traffic control devices)
• Identifier Terms: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01091674
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 23 2008 9:26AM