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JTRF Focuses on Transportation Safety.
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Transportation Quarterly . Fall2002, Vol. 56 Issue 4, p115. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- The article focuses on various articles published in Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, related to transportation safety. In the article "New Speed Limits on Kansas Highways: Impact on Crashes and Fatalities," by Yacoub Najjar, Eugene Russell, Robert Stokes, and Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh examine the impact of recent changes in speed limits on Kansas highways. The authors note that the National Maximum Speed Limit of 55 mph was eliminated in November 1995, thus returning the authority of establishing speed limits to the states. By the end of 1996 a total of 32 states had raised speed limits on their highways. In Kansas, speed limits of most rural, separated, multilane highways were raised to 70 mph, while on most urban interstate and two-lane rural highways the limit was increased to 65 mph. The main objective of the paper is to determine whether statistically significant changes have occurred in accident related indices such as crash, fatal crash, and fatality rates after the Kansas speed limits were increased. In the article "Seat Belt Use Compliance in Kansas," by Deogratias Eustace and Teresa Bartel examine trends in Kansas seat belt use.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02789434
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 7588881