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SPEED MANAGEMENT AND SPEED LIMITS - SSI response to Government consultation on updated Circular Roads 1/93 Setting Local Speed Limits
The Government has recently consulted on new guidance for setting speed limits, following on from a promise in the 2000 Road Safety Strategy to provide new guidance taking all road users into account. The proposed speed assessment framework has the possibility of opening a new era of evidence-based speed limits, but the logic of the approach is not followed through. The new guidance will not make the network significantly safer for pedestrians and cyclists or improve quality of life for communities. Communities should have a voice in determining appropriate speed limits. For more about the response, click here.
SPEED AND SUSTAINABILITY — EVIDENCED-BASED SPEED LIMITS
None of our speed limits have an empirical basis, despite the importance of speed to the overall efficiency of our transport system and its range of impacts. Speed directly affects the frequency and severity of crashes, journey times, fuel consumption and emissions, noise, vehicle operating costs, highway capacity and the amount of land needed for roads. Indirectly it affects transport mode choice by introducing danger and by encouraging dispersed development. Visit our Sustainable Speed Limits Introduction page.
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