Strategies

A. Set Appropriate Speed Limits

A1. Set speed limits which account for roadway design, traffic, and environment

A2. Implement variable speed limits

A3. Implement differential speed limits for heavy vehicles if appropriate (High Speed Only)

B. Heighten driver awareness of speeding-related safety issues

B1. B1 Increase public awareness of the risks of driving at unsafe speeds (T)

B2. Increase public awareness of potential penalties for speeding (T)

B3. Increase public awareness of risks of not wearing seatbelts (T)

B4. Implement neighborhood speed watch/traffic management programs (Low Speed Only) (T)

B5. Implement Safe Community Programs (T)

C. Improve efficiency and effectiveness of speed enforcement efforts

C1. Use targeted conventional speed enforcement programs at locations known to have speeding-related crashes (P)

C2. Implement automated speed enforcement (T)

C3. Increase penalties for repeat and excessive speeding offenders (T)

C4. Strengthen the adjudication of speeding citations to enhance the deterrent effect of fines (T)

C5. Increase fines in special areas (T)

D. Communicate appropriate speeds through use of traffic control devices

D1. Improve speed limit signage (T)

D2. Implement active speed warning signs (T)

D3. Use in-pavement measures to communicate the need to reduce speeds (T)

D4. Implement variable message signs (High Speed Only) (T)

E. Improve safety awareness and behavior

E1. Use combinations of geometric elements to control speeds (horizontal and vertical curves, cross section), including providing design consistency along an alignment (T)

E2. Effect safe speed transitions through design elements and on approaches to lower speed areas (T)

E3. Provide appropriate intersection design for speed of roadway (T)

E4. Provide adequate change + clearance intervals at signalized intersections (P)

E5. Operate traffic signals appropriately for intersections and corridors (signal progression) (T)

E6. Provide adequate sight distance for expected speeds (P)

E7. Implement protected-only signal phasing for left turns at high-speed signalized intersections (High Speed Only) (T)

E8. Install lighting at high-speed intersections (High Speed Only) (T)

E9. Reduce speeds and/or volumes on both neighborhood and downtown streets with the use of traffic calming and other related countermeasures (Low Speed Only) (T)