Last week an Oklahoma DOT spokesman said the agency did not want to comply with a new law raising the speed limit. Here’s the background. Under current law the maximum allowable speed limit is 65 on two lane roads and 70 on divided highways. The Turnpike is 75. Remember “Convoy”? “We rolled up Interstate 44 […]
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Washington DOT refuses to raise speed limit
Last week the Washington state Secretary of Transportation said he did not want to comply with a new law raising the speed limit to 75. There was a press release with quotable quotes and fabricated figures, but in the end it was just a matter of opinion. Or should I say, from the beginning it […]
A tale of two speeds
There’s a grumbling around the nation. Wyoming lawmakers want to know why the speed limit is so low on roads in the middle of nowhere. A Massachusetts politician asked why a road with a 30 mile per hour speed limit was designed for 40 mph traffic. Michigan State Police have succeeded in eliminating many Interstate […]
Visions of speed traps
Boston city councilors unanimously approved a request to allow police to ticket anybody who drives a car on a city street. Formally it’s a request to lower the speed limit to 20 everywhere, except where the city reduces it further. This requires legislative approval. The legislature previously gave Boston permission to post 20 mph speed […]
Pulling strings
Two recent articles from Massachusetts show the dominance of federal money in local transportation planning. A town wants to repair an old bridge. State officials want their friends to get rich off railroad construction. Both are local projects. The bridge is on a small street; the railroad would carry commuter traffic a few miles. Both […]
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