Recent Streetsblog LA posts about speed limits

Hit the Brakes. Santa Monica Votes to Lower Some Speed Limits

By Jason Islas | Jun 11, 2014 | No Comments

While debates on a proposed major development and the bungled hiring and firing of a public relations director, the City Council also quietly made a step towards becoming a more progressive city. The Council voted unanimously, and with little debate, to reduce motor vehicle speed limits on a half-dozen stretches of roadway. The staff report, […]

NYC’s First Speed Cameras Will Go Into Effect When Kids Head Back to School

By Ben Fried | Aug 27, 2013 | No Comments

Mayor Bloomberg joined Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and NYPD Chief of Transportation James Tuller outside a Crown Heights high school this morning to announce the impending launch of the city’s first automated speed enforcement program. Cameras issuing fines for drivers who exceed the speed limit by 10 mph or more will begin operating on September […]

VROOM! Speed Limit Increases for Sunland Boulevard Roar Back to Council

By Damien Newton | Feb 12, 2013 | 4 Comments

It’s been nearly a year since a speed limit increase was brought before the City Council Transportation Committee, but a new proposed increase on for chunks of Sunland Ave in the San Fernando Valley will be heard tomorrow at 2 p.m. The ordinance would establish speed limits of 40 and 45 miles per hour on Sunland […]

Efforts to Raise Speed Limits Rebuffed by Council Transportation Committee

By Damien Newton | Feb 10, 2012 | 14 Comments

A diverse team of advocates teamed up to beat back a proposal by the LADOT and LAPD to raise speed limits on five segments of streets in the San Fernando Valley. Arguing that public outreach for the proposals had been inadequate and raising speed limits while the city is attempting to de-emphasize a dominant car […]

Vroom! Speed Limit Increases Head Back to City Council, But Do They Have To?

By Damien Newton | Feb 7, 2012 | 10 Comments

View 2 7 12 speed limits in a larger map A trio of speed limit proposals head to the City Council Transportation Committee tomorrow. The proposals total 5.4 miles of city streets that would see a limit increase. Half of those miles would see a dramatic increase from 35 miles per hour to 45 miles […]

Through the Cracks: Governor Signs Speed Limits Bill A.B. 529

By Damien Newton | Oct 11, 2011 | 22 Comments

Last Friday, Governor Jerry Brown signed A.B. 529, legislation authored by San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Mike Gatto that gives local government some discretion in setting speed limits on local roads. “I promised residents that I would do something about those who speed through our neighborhoods,” says Gatto, “I am proud to have delivered that promise today, […]

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