The National Highway System (NHS) Designation Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the NHS Act') of 1995 (Public Law (P.L.) 104-59) was signed into law on November 28, 1995. The NHS Act, among other things, established the National Highway System and eliminated the Federal mandate for the National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL). In so doing, the NHS Act ended a period of more than 20 years of Federal involvement in the states' establishment of speed limits and ended the requirement for state's submission of speed compliance data to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Section 347 of the NHS Act required the Secretary of Transportation to study the impact of states' actions to raise speed limits above 55/65 MPH and report to the Congress by September 30, 1997. This report contains the impacts.


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    Title :

    Effect of Increased Speed Limits in the Post-NMSL Era


    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    88 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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