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L.A. Planning to Reduce Speed Limits on 177 Miles of City Streets
Under a new state law, A.B. 43, LADOT determined that speed limit reductions were warranted on 77 street segments totaling 177.2 miles.
February 11, 2022
Wednesday Round-Up: 710 Widening Task Force, 110 Flyover Scoping, Speed Limits, and More
Metro 710 Freeway widening task force, Metro/Caltrans 110 Freeway flyover, Speed Limits, Slow Streets, and new bikeway on Airport Boulevard
November 10, 2021
Transportation Committee Approved Motions To Implement New CA Laws: Speed Limits, Bus Lane Cameras, Slow Streets
L.A. could very soon see: reduced speed limits, on-bus cameras automatically enforcing no-parking in bus lanes, and more Slow Streets being made permanent
November 2, 2021
As More Drivers Speed Under COVID-19, Reynolds Calls For Speed Law Reform
Under COVID-19, fewer drivers on the road means more speeding. Cities need state speed law reforms to ensure that dangerous speeding doesn't outlast the current pandemic.
April 6, 2020
L.A. Times Editorial Urges Reform To CA’s “Absurd Dangerous Counterproductive” Speed Law
LAT Editorial: "at the very least, lawmakers should get rid of a system that forces cities to give in to speeders before cracking down on them."
February 19, 2020
Some Progress on Curbing Speeding L.A. Drivers, Much Reform Still Needed
L.A. can now issue speeding tickets all over, compared to 19% of streets in 2016. State speed limit law reforms are also on the way.
February 7, 2020
Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits
Zero Fatalities Task Force report due soon, but since it has been meeting in closed-door sessions it's anyone's guess what its recommendations will be
November 27, 2019
Vision Non-Zero: the Human and Financial Toll of Los Angeles’ Dangerous Roads
Traffic in Los Angeles is also notoriously deadly — and it’s getting deadlier.
October 29, 2019
L.A. Times Calls California Speed Trap Law “Absurd” and Urges Reform
California's archaic state speed law "is an absurd way to govern a public space."
July 24, 2018
L.A. Transportation Committee Approves Speed Limit Changes, Electric Bus Goal
T-Committee approved speed limit changes needed for LAPD enforcement, and set all-electric transit by 2030 goal.
October 25, 2017
