Speed management on local government managed roads – research, recommendations and guidelines

¹ Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk, Poland
² Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow, Poland

^* Corresponding author: mbudz@pg.gda.pl

Abstract

Commissioned by the National Road Safety Council Secretariat, the project “Guidelines for speed management on local government managed roads” studied car driver behaviour when subjected to selected speed management measures such as: local speed restrictions, surveillance, traffic calming and restricted speed areas. In addition, analyses were conducted on the impact of selected measures on the level of road safety. The behaviour was assessed by studying the changes in speed parameters (statistical characteristics) for the particular speed management measures or their absence. The road safety level was measured by comparing the level before and after the implementation of the particular speed management measure, taking trends into account. The paper presents the results of the research, along with recommendations for speed management guidelines.