Road Safety
Urban Speed Management in Australia
- Publication no: AP-118-96
- ISBN: 0 85588 463 0
- Published: 1 January 1996
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This report consolidates existing urban speed management practices and documentation, and considers issues of concern. The lessons learned from urban speed limit changes both in Australia and overseas are reviewed.
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1. Project outline
- 1.2. Method of investigation
- 1.3. Definition - Road classification
- 1.4. Definition - Types of speed limit
- 1.5. Current practice
- 2. SPEED AND ACCIDENTS
- 2.1. Fundamental Issues
- 2.2. Vehicle speeds and pedestrian safety
- 2.3. The scope of the safety problem on local streets
- 2.4. Recent overseas experience with lower limits
- 3. URBAN SPEED MANAGEMENT
- 3.1. General principles
- 3.2. Communicating speed limits to the driver
- 4. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- 4.1. Recent developments in speed zoning practice
- 4.2. Comparison with overseas practice
- 4.3. Australian inquiries into speed zoning
- 4.4. Australian experience of lower speed limits in residential areas
- 4.5. Community perceptions of lower speed limits
- 5. IMPACTS OF LOWER SPEEDS ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS
- 5.1. Overview of impacts
- 5.2. Road safety
- 5.3. Amenity
- 5.4. The environment
- 5.5. Travel times
- 6. APPROPRIATE SPEEDS FOR URBAN ROADS
- 6.1. Application of 40, 50 and 60 km/h limits
- 6.2. Urban speed limit hierarchy
- 6.3. How a 50 km/h limit could be applied on local streets
- 6.4. Terminology
- 7. A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO SPEED MANAGEMENT
- 7.1. Effecting changes to urban speed management
- 7.2. Communicating urban speed management practice
- 7.3. Enforcement
- 7.4. Coordination
- 7.5. Evaluation
- 7.6. Creating a culture of compliance
- 8. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX I - SPEED LIMITS IN AUSTRALIA AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT: CURRENT POSITION
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