Great point, Joel. This is something that we discussed while writing the report, as it feels relevant to Thailand and Pakistan. Traffic jams come into play here—not only because they might limit the de facto speed, but because they’re so unpopular that politicians could be concerned about proposing a policy that could be linked to making these worse. That being said, we don’t know how “urban” is being defined here—it’s possible that there are periurban areas further out in cities that really would benefit from a lower speed limit.
Enforcement is a different issue altogether, and one we didn’t have time to look into. I think our general take from speaking to AIPF was that any policymaking efforts on this should plan for a level of enforcement advocacy as well to achieve effective change.
Great point, Joel. This is something that we discussed while writing the report, as it feels relevant to Thailand and Pakistan. Traffic jams come into play here—not only because they might limit the de facto speed, but because they’re so unpopular that politicians could be concerned about proposing a policy that could be linked to making these worse. That being said, we don’t know how “urban” is being defined here—it’s possible that there are periurban areas further out in cities that really would benefit from a lower speed limit.
Enforcement is a different issue altogether, and one we didn’t have time to look into. I think our general take from speaking to AIPF was that any policymaking efforts on this should plan for a level of enforcement advocacy as well to achieve effective change.