Jurisdiction Speed Management 

Action Plan Development Package

FHWA Safety Program

http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov

1. Report No.: 2. Government Accession No.: 3. Recipient's Catalog No.:

FHWA-SA-15-017

4. Title and Subtitle: 5. Report Date:

Jurisdiction Speed Management Action Plan Development Package January 2015

6. Performing Organization Code:

7. Author(s): 8. Performing Organization Report No.:

Libby Thomas, Raghavan Srinivasan, Ph.D., Monica Worth, Martin R. Parker, Jr., 

P.E., and Richard Miller

9. Performing Organization Name and Address: 10. Work Unit No.:

Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.

8300 Boone Blvd., Suite 700, Vienna, VA 22182 11. Contract or Grant No.:

DTFH61-10-D-00022 

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address: 13. Type of Report and Period Covered:

Federal Highway Administration Office of Safety Programs

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590

Final Action Plan Package; 2011-2015

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15. Supplementary Notes:

FHWA Project Manager: Guan Xu, FHWA, Office of Safety Technologies. 

USDOT Technical Panel: Gabe Rousseau, Craig Allred, Abdul Zineddin, Richard Knoblauch, and Ed Rice of FHWA; 

Randolph Atkins and Wil Price of NHTSA.

VHB/UNC-HSRC Project Managers: Hugh W. McGee, Ph.D, P.E. and William A. Martin, Jr., P.E.

VHB/UNC-HSRC Project Team: Libby Thomas, principal investigator; Raghavan Srinivasan, Ph.D., Carol Martel, Seth 

Lajeunesse, Max Bushell and Sarah Smith, research team; and Jonathon Weisenfeld, design services; Martin Parker, P.E., 

Wade Trim Associates; Monica Worth, Voice Associates; and Richard Miller, consultant.

Cover images are courtesy of www.pedbikeimages.org / Dan Burden, left and top right; and Davey Warren, lower right.

Jesse Day, AICP, Senior Regional Planner, Piedmont Triad Regional Council, served as the chief liaison for Randolph 

County, NC; FHWA Road Safety Audits program, provided additional technical assistance for the Randolph Co. Plan.

Timothy E. Barnett, P.E., PTOE, State Safety Operations Engineer, Alabama Department of Transportation, served as the 

chief liaison and coordinator for the State of Alabama. Linda Guin, FHWA, Alabama Division, Safety & Technology 

Engineer and other Alabama stakeholders provided input and review for the Alabama Plan.

Many stakeholder agencies and individuals from these States participated in meetings and other activities, provided or 

collected data, and provided other input to develop the pilot plans.

16. Abstract:

The Jurisdiction Speed Management Action Plan Development Package includes four separate resources: 1) a Speed 

Management Action Plan Template, developed to provide a model for State and local agencies to use in developing 

jurisdiction-specific speed management safety action plans; 2) a Speed Management Toolkit document, which includes a 

comprehensive speed management bibliography, tables of speed management countermeasures with expected crash or 

speed effects; and tip sheets for communications programs; 3) the Speed Management Action Plan for Randolph County, an 

example of a local jurisdiction action plan; and 4) Alabama Speed Management Action Plan, an example of a statewide 

action plan. The plan template guides the user to develop particular actions, safety goals and a plan for countermeasures 

implementation through a systematic process, as well as to address larger speed management issues that often limit program 

effectiveness and durability. The Toolkit provides information on countermeasures effects and other resources. The other 

documents provide more information and examples to help local agencies develop their own action plans.

17. Key Words: 18. Distribution Statement:

Speed, management, action plan, engineering, enforcement, 

education, communications, network screening 

No restrictions. 

19. Security Classification (of this report): 20. Security Classification (of this page): 21. No of Pages: 22. Price:

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Jurisdiction Speed Management Action Plan Development Package 

The Jurisdiction Speed Management Action Plan Development Package (Package) was created 

to provide guidance to State and local agencies to develop speed management action plans to 

reduce fatalities and injuries related to speeding. The Package was developed in keeping with 

current knowledge and best practice recommendations, and includes four separate resources: 

1) A Speed Management Action Plan Template (Template), developed to provide a model 

for State and local agencies to use in developing jurisdiction-specific speed management 

safety action plans; 

2) A Speed Management Toolkit document (Toolkit), which includes a comprehensive 

speed management bibliography, tables of speed management countermeasures with 

expected crash or speed effects; and tip sheets for communications programs; 

3) The Speed Management Action Plan for Randolph County (Local Plan), an example of a 

local jurisdiction action plan; and 

4) The Alabama Speed Management Action Plan (Statewide Plan), an example of a 

statewide action plan. 

The Template (item 1) guides the user through: 

Problem identification processes, 

Identification of potential solutions, and 

Selection of actions, and countermeasures prioritization steps that ultimately lead to 

setting appropriate safety goals, and implementing actions to meet those goals. 

The Template includes steps for identifying and targeting countermeasures implementation 

through a systematic process, as well as guidance to proactively and comprehensively address 

jurisdiction-wide speed management issues. 

The Toolkit (item 2) provides: 

Descriptions and links to more information, and 

Tables of crash and speed-reducing countermeasures that agencies may consider to 

address identified safety problems. 

Tip sheets to help develop effective communications strategies that support the 

program overall, or particular countermeasure strategies. 

The Local Plan (Item 3) and the Statewide Plan (Item 4) provide further examples to help 

agencies develop their own action plans.
For More Information:

Visit http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/

FHWA, Office of Safety

Guan Xu

gxu@dot.gov

FHWA-SA-15-017