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SPEED LIMIT CHANGES CHAPTER 15 Speed 1/mits sh ed by an En- · gi~eering and Traffic Study of the street sec- ZONEIl tion involved. Of consideration in reviewing AHEAD · a speed limit change should be the 85tn per- jj centile speed ( at which 85% of the traffic ~ (: m slower than'tl~ speed>, the location I SPEED II SPEED of s~d~, d~v~w~ys~ obst~ct~o~ the / LIMIT II LIMIT horkontal and Vertical alignrnent of the [] streeb the use of the street by pedestrians and the existence of hazards wi-rich are not easy to i drivers. ' ~ detect by Effects traffic speed, residents normally place some I hor~e in them~ or in subsecment enforcement. Volumes. Little or no effect. · ~ ~ However~ if the posted limits:are w/thin a few Speed. Drivers generally ignore posted miles per hour of the ?reviouSly prevailing I speed limits~ and !travel at speeds which the traffic s~eed~ they really don~t address the drivers consider~ reasonable~ comfortable~ residents problem. Since residents may feel I converaent and safe under ex~stm§ condo- that speeds of 25 to 35 m.p.h, are too fast tions. Drivers appear not to operate by the (limits which are enforced on ro~§hly 80% of I s?eedometer~ bu~ by the conditions they the residential streets in the United States), meet. A sp.eed 1/rrdt change accomparded by the basic issue is not whether the signs are enforcement may see a speed reduction (s~e effective~ but the way in which the speed I' Chapter 2 on enforcement), limits themselves are set for local streets/n the Traffic Noise~ AirI Quality and Energy Con- United States. sumption. Little Or no effect. . Cost Traffic Safety. Effects of speed 1/mit changes MSnimal for a section of street. I on traffic safety On local residential streets have not been reported. R~f~ ' I Co--unity Reactiom If speed hmit si~ Institute of T~nspomfion O t -- l~r'l~' and Traffic ~n~ol p s ed ~e sigmificantly lower than preva' 'rig ! l', I