The Dordseweg (municipality Weiteveen) is a road through ribbon development in the built-up area of this small village. The layout of this road section has been changed substantially in order to reduce the speed inside the built up area. The effects of this new design has been analysed by means of a before- and after study. The main results are: - a strong accentuation of the beginning of the built up area leads to a reduction of the speeds of about 10%. - a relative small reduction of the width of a lane does not have any speed reducing effect. - a radical new design of the main intersection in the centre of the built up area leads to a reduction of the speed of about 50%. It should be added, that high speeds after the reconstruction are mechanically impossible. Besides the before and after study, the speed path through the total road section in the after study were examined more profoundly. The main findings are: - the average speed path of passenger cars is 10% faster than the speed path of non-passenger cars. - the speed path of through-going traffic is the same as the speed path of destination traffic. (Author/publisher)
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