70 mph speed limit
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70 MPH Speed Limit. Missouri’s Experience. Mike Curtit Traffic Liaison Engineer. Missouri - Rural Interstate Speed Limits. Prior to 1988 – 55 MPH 1988 to 1996 – 65 MPH (trucks over 12T 60 MPH) 1996 to Present – 70 MPH (all vehicles). How Fast Would You Drive?. Interstate – pre-SRI. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
70 MPH Speed Limit
Missouri’s Experience
Mike CurtitTraffic Liaison Engineer
Missouri - Rural Interstate Speed Limits
Prior to 1988 – 55 MPH1988 to 1996 – 65 MPH (trucks over 12T 60 MPH)
1996 to Present – 70 MPH (all vehicles)
How Fast Would You Drive?
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201260
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
Rural Operating Speed
IS - 70IS - 44
Year
85th
Per
centi
le S
peed
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 120.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
20.00
25.00
VMT
Year
Daily
Veh
icle
Mile
s Tr
avel
ed(M
illio
ns)
87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 120
20
40
60
80
100
120
Rural Interstate
Fatal Crashes
No.
Of F
atal
Cra
shes
Interstate – pre-SRI
SRI Improvements
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
10
20
30
40
50
60
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Freeway Cross-Median Fatalities and Median Guard Cable 2002-2011
Calendar Year
Cro
ss-M
edia
n Fa
talit
ies
Mile
s of
Med
ian
Gua
rd C
able
Desired Trend:
Desired Trend:
Questions?Michael Curtit, P.E.Traffic Liaison EngineerMissouri Department of TransportationPhone: 573-526-0121Email: [email protected]