Recent Streetsblog LA posts about speed limits

Vroom! Three New Speed Limit Increases Come to City Council

By Damien Newton | Mar 22, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: -db-/Flickr The move to speed up Los Angeles’ streets continues unabated. Less than a week after hundreds of people gathered at the L.A. StreetSummit to discuss how to tame traffic and make Los Angeles’ streets more livable, the City Council Transportation Committee is expected to hear, debate, and pass three speed limit increases in […]

LaHood: Lower Speeds Doesn’t Save Lives

By Elana Schor | Feb 24, 2010 | 1 Comment

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic, writing on today’s Toyota hearing in the House oversight committee, hears Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood claim that "lowering the speed limit to 30 mph would not save any lives, which is why we have minimum speeds on highways." LaHood, at left, with the president at right. (Photo: whitehouse via Flickr) […]

Vroom! It’s Time to Talk Speed Limit Increases at City Council

By Damien Newton | Feb 23, 2010 | 12 Comments

Photo: Magic Man/Flickr When we last checked in with the City Council Transportation Committee, they decided to table a motion to increase the speed limit on Chandler Boulevard, where the limit would increase from 35 MPH to 45 MPH along the Orange Line, and Riverside Drive which would change the limit from 35 MPH to […]

Vroom! Speed Limit Increases in Front of City Council

By Damien Newton | Jan 26, 2010 | 9 Comments

Photo: Magic Man/Flickr As mentioned in a post yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee will vote tomorrow at 2:00 P.M. in City Hall on whether or not to raise speed limits on three local streets Chandler Boulevard, Riverside Drive and Beverly Glen Boulevard. In the past day, three outraged pieces have attacked the […]

When Santa Monica Takes Traffic Surveys, They Slow Streets Down

By Damien Newton | Aug 18, 2009 | 8 Comments

Photo of Olympic Blvd. in Santa Monica via Friends 4 Expo Recently, the City of Santa Monica completed a series of speed surveys on it’s streets, as required by state law. The result might be a surprise to people that have followed the inability of the City of Los Angeles to maintain lower speed limits […]

Caltrans Working Hard to Speed Up Local Streets

By Damien Newton | Jun 30, 2009 | 16 Comments

Zelzah Avenue had it’s speed limits raised last month, despite an intense lobbying effort by the Neighborhood Council and cyclists. Photo: Daily News Tomorrow, new rules governing how municipalities evaluate speed limits on local roads will go into effect. Unfortunately, these rules allow municipalities even less room than before to resist speed limit changes. The […]

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