Lower speed limits are coming to some of Los Angeles' busiest roadways. Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance today that will bring speed limits down by 5 mph on about 177 miles of city streets.
and chair of its public safety committee, bringing speed limits down is a key piece of the effort to save lives “predominantly in our Black and Brown and low-income communities.”
"I think that would also be a great thing to do as the signs go up, to actually coordinate and organize events around it, because then it begins to explain what the signage and the speed change has to do with their lives,” she said. “At the end of the day, it could be your kids, it could be your son or your daughter, or your grandmother or father that is taken.”
But if speeding goes unchecked, how will lowering the speed limits improve safety, especially in communities where people of color are disproportionately killed and injured in crashes? Streets are there for human beings, not just for cars... the practices that we have of educating and engineering and enforcing safety on our streets is something that we all must embrace.Enforcement does have an effect on street safety, but according to safety advocates and LADOT officials, meaningful progress on traffic violence requires the city to rethink and redesign streets for all road users after decades of prioritizing driver convenience.
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