TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 303: Safety Impacts and Other Implications of Raised Speed Limits on High-Speed Roads explores the effects of raised speed limits from 55 miles per hour or greater on freeways and non-freeways in rural and urban settings. The effects considered included impacts on safety and operations, as well as socioeconomic and environmental effects. The full report is available on the TRB website as NCHRP Web-Only Document 90.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2006. Safety Impacts and Other Implications of Raised Speed Limits on High-Speed Roads. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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