Recent Streetsblog LA posts about speed limits

Air is clean, traffic is down, but speeding is up in L.A. during the pandemic. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

As More Drivers Speed Under COVID-19, Reynolds Calls For Speed Law Reform

By Joe Linton | Apr 6, 2020 | No Comments

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.

From the Zero Fatalities Task Force report: The faster a vehicle is going when it crashes, the more likely a serious injury or fatality will occur

L.A. Times Editorial Urges Reform To CA’s “Absurd Dangerous Counterproductive” Speed Law

By Joe Linton | Feb 19, 2020 | No Comments

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."

California's "absurd" speed law means more deaths on L.A. roads. Palisades Drive car crash photo by Peter Duke via Flickr Creative Commons

Some Progress on Curbing Speeding L.A. Drivers, Much Reform Still Needed

By Joe Linton | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

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.

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Walk SF Urges Public to Push for Strong Recommendations on Setting Speed Limits

By Melanie Curry | Nov 27, 2019 | No Comments

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

L.A. traffic deaths have increased since the mayor's 2015 Vision Zero directive. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Vision Non-Zero: the Human and Financial Toll of Los Angeles’ Dangerous Roads

By Ryan P. Dalton | Oct 29, 2019 | No Comments

Traffic in Los Angeles is also notoriously deadly — and it’s getting deadlier.

L.A. Times Calls California Speed Trap Law “Absurd” and Urges Reform

By Joe Linton | Jul 24, 2018 | 11 Comments

California's archaic state speed law "is an absurd way to govern a public space."

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