L.A. Transportation Committee Approves Speed Limit Changes, Electric Bus Goal
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T-Committee approved speed limit changes needed for LAPD enforcement, and set all-electric transit by 2030 goal.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about speed limits
LADOT Proposes Speed Limit Increases and Decreases
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Proposed speed limit increases and decreases to be heard by Transportation Commission tomorrow morning
LADOT Installing Speed Monitors with Feedback to Signals
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A big part of the L.A. City Department of Transportation’s Vision Zero effort is to rein in speeding. Speeding is among the primary causes of traffic deaths and fatalities. Speeding makes other problems worse. In addition to in-roadway interventions including painted curb extensions, LADOT is installing 150 speed feedback signs on Vision Zero High Injury Network’s 40 priority […]
Legal Obstacles To Safe Streets: California Speed Limit Laws
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Every day we hear about drivers killed in collisions on their way to work or pedestrians mowed down when crossing the street. You may be asking yourself, “Why doesn’t anyone do anything about this? Aren’t there laws to prevent this?” Believe it or not, there are legal obstacles to making our streets safer. We have […]
L.A. City Faces Devil’s Bargain: Increase Limits To Allow Speed Enforcement
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Over the course of the next two years, the city of Los Angeles plans to increase speed limits on many of its major streets. Why? According to the Police (LAPD) and Transportation (LADOT) Departments and due to pernicious state laws, cities are required to frequently study and increase speed limits to be able to actually […]
Today’s L.A. Transportation Committee: Speeding, Bikes On Parking Meters
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This afternoon the Los Angeles City Council was scheduled to hold its first hearing on motion 15-1006 aimed to reduce speeding and curb unsafe speed limit increases. Unfortunately the item was postponed to a future Transportation Committee meeting. Longtime readers of Streetsblog will recall that the city of Los Angeles is, to a large extent, at […]