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"Operating speed is the speed at which driver are observed operating their vehicles during free-flow conditions. The 85th percentile of the distribution of observed speeds is the most frequently used measure of the operating speed associated with a particular location or geometric feature."


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A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (Green Book)

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