Citation

Woolley JE, Dyson CB, Taylor MA. Transp. Eng. Aust. 2001; 7(1/2): 41-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Engineers Australia)

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Abstract

At present, lower urban speed limits (LUSL) have been applied to residential areas in most jurisdictions in Australia including parts of Adelaide, South Australia, Tasmania, South East Queensland, areas of New South Wales, Western Australia and the whole of Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. Given the current high degree of community support that the anticipation and implementation of such schemes enjoy, what is the emerging evidence to indicate if they are effective in terms of various measures? This paper seeks to present evidence quantifying the impacts of LUSL in terms of measured speeds and volumes, community attitudes, environmental impacts, travel times and road safety outcomes based on published and emerging evidence. Much of the evidence is based on research into the city-wide Unley 40 km/h scheme in Adelaide and computer simulation modelling of the mobility and environmental effects of LUSL.

Language: en