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Technical Report Documentation

**TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE (FORM DOT F 1700.7)**

**1. Report No.**

			FHWA-SA-20-047
			**2. Government Accession No.**
			**3. Recipient's Catalog No.****4. Title and Subtitle**

			Noteworthy Speed Management Practices
			**5. Report Date** August 2020**6. Performing Organization Code****7. Author(s)** Neal Hawkins, Shauna Hallmark
			**8. Performing Organization Report No.****9. Performing Organization Name and Address**

			Institute of Transportation Engineers 1617 Eye Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006
			**10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)****11. Contract or Grant No.** DTFH6116D00055L**12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address**

			Office of Safety
			Federal Highway Administration
			1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
			Washington, DC 2059
			**13. Type of Report and Period Covered****14. Sponsoring Agency Code****15. Supplementary Notes**

			FHWA Contracting Officer's Task Order Manager: Guan Xu; ITE Project Manager: Lisa Fontana Tierney; ITE Technical Programs Associate: Niloo Parvinasahtiani; ITE Technical Publications Manager: Deborah Rouse**16. Abstract**

			Speeding contributes to over a quarter of all road trauma and is a persistent driving behavior that brings harm both to the vehicle occupants as well as other more vulnerable road users. In 2018, speeding related crashes resulted in 9,378 deaths which is a staggering 26 percent of all crash fatalities.

			Agencies who want to address speeding are often faced with a lack of resources in setting appropriate speeds for conditions, pushback on changing speed limits, a lack of resources for countermeasures or enforcement, and restrictions or opposition to alternate long-lasting enforcement options such as safety cameras.

			This report provides another avenue of information for practitioners in that it summarizes eight case studies which highlight noteworthy practices over a range of speed management issues.**17. Key Words** Speed Management, Safety
			**18. Distribution Statement****19. Security Classif. (of this report)**

			Unclassified
			**20. Security Classif, (of this page)**

			Unclassified
			**21. No. of Pages** 41
			**22. Price**
      
  1. Introduction
                2. Strategic Speed Management Program
                3. Self-Enforcing Roadways
                4. Setting Credible Speed Limits
                5. High Visibility Enforcement
                6. Successful Strategies for Adoption of Safety Cameras
                Appendix A: Acknowledgments
                Appendix B: Summary of Activities
                Appendix C: Speed Management ResourcesBook traversal links for Noteworthy Speed Management Practices
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