Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about speeding

Still from a SafeTREC video about setting speed limits

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

By Melanie Curry | Nov 21, 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

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NYC Data: Speed Cameras Work. Full Stop

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 18, 2019 | No Comments

Crashes are down 10 percent, possibly became drivers are starting to change their behavior now that there are more cameras, and they're operating eight more hours per day.

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Zero Traffic Fatalities Task Force Holds First Meeting

By Melanie Curry | Jul 1, 2019 | 22 Comments

Revisiting the way California sets speed limits as called for by last year's A.B. 2363

This street in front of Martin Luther King Jr. School will soon be marked for a speed limit of 15 mph, along with 224 other street segments in Sacramento. Image: Google Street View

City of Sacramento Reduces Speed Limits Near Schools to 15 mph

By Melanie Curry | Jun 5, 2019 | 1 Comment

Fatality and serious injury rates increase substantially when travel speeds rise. A first step is making sure people know they need to drive slowly near schools.

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Europe Will Use Vehicle Tech to Prevent Speeding, Save Thousands of Lives

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 6, 2019 | No Comments

A new E.U. rule requiring speed limiters in cars is expected to save 15,000 lives in 15 years. Why can't the U.S. do the same?

Senator Moorlach proposes to basically add an autobahn to both sides of this highway. Image: Google Streetview

Proposal for No-Speed-Limit Highway Widening Is Partisan Trolling

By Damien Newton | Feb 22, 2019 | 33 Comments

In an interview with Road and Track Magazine, Moorlach unabashedly reveals that he has no idea if speed limits have anything to do with crash rates or pollution--but it sounds good

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