Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
2019
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Civil and Environmental Engineering
First Advisor
Michael D. Pawlovich
Keywords
2005, Increases, Iowa, Linear Regression, Rural Interstates, Speed Limit
Abstract
Speed limit increases, particularly on interstates have been studied and researched many times over the course of the last 50 years in the United States. These research efforts began after the implementation of the National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL), which reduced all speed limits to a maximum of 55-mph. In the years that followed, this restriction was relaxed to 65-mph with the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (STURAA) and ultimately repealed later by the National Highway System Designation Act (NHSDA). Since the repeal, states reacted in myriad of ways and many studies documented the changes of those reactions. While these efforts have investigated the changes in the fatality and crash rates before and after a speed limit increase, many additional crash data fields are available for research. The primary goal of the research detailed in this thesis was to consider available crash, road, and traffic data more broadly. The data used was obtained from the State of Iowa to observe the 2005 rural interstate speed limit increase from 65-mph to 70-mph.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Speed limits -- Iowa.
Traffic accidents -- Iowa -- Statistics.
Traffic safety -- Iowa.
Regression analysis.
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
151
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Cook, Thomas Ryan, "An Initial Exploration of the 2005 Iowa Rural Interstate Speed Limit Increase using Linear Regression" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3408.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/3408
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