The City Council today unanimously approved a proposal to reduce the default city speed limit on most roads to 20 m.p.h. and 15 m.p.h. in school zones.
The measure, which councilors said should make Boston a safer city for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians, now goes to the mayor. If he approves, it then goes to the state legislature for action.
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Some of the confusion may come from the idea
By GoSoxGo
Wed, 04/27/2016 - 11:16pm
that ALL roads in Boston will be 20mph. This will not be the case. While I believe that a 20mph limit is perfectly reasonable for Milk St., W. 5th St in Southie, ParkVale Ave. in Allston/Brighton or Liverpool St. in Eastie, the same may not be the case for portions of American Legion Highway, Cummins Highway, Washington Street, Haul Road, etc.
The bottom line is one size does not fit all. Some streets and highways (especially under DCR jurisdiction) will be signed at higher limits. Road design and density should be the main factors.
Yeah, I'm sure Boston will
By anon
Thu, 04/28/2016 - 12:08pm
Yeah, I'm sure Boston will drop everything and start raising limits above the default 20 on major roads all over the city. Complete with rigorous engineering studies, and well-designed, standards-compliant signs.
And I think 20 is a perfectly
By anon
Fri, 04/29/2016 - 11:00am
And I think 20 is a perfectly reasonable limit on narrow residential streets.
But if you look at the data, most drivers don't go much faster than that. And the existing laws allow cops to ticket the ones who do.
Cambridge cares about transparency, and has posted the results of all of their speed studies: http://www.cambridgema.gov/traffic/engineeringplan...
Keep in mind that:
1) These are 85th percentile speeds, not averages. So most drivers are going slower than these speeds.
2) These speed studies were done in the places where residents complained about speeding.
Most narrow streets have 85th percentile speeds around 25 mph.
Can we just have self driving cars already?
By anon
Thu, 04/28/2016 - 8:05am
Based on so many ridiculous comments, I'm not sure there's enough caring people, training, public awareness campaigns, or traffic calming measures to pull off vision zero goals.
Self driving cars could kill thousands of people a year in this country and it would still be a vast improvement over the carnage people have created.
Speed limits and car races in Boston
By Dave-from-Boston
Thu, 04/28/2016 - 9:12am
Am I missing something here…lowering speed limits while plans are underway for high speed Indy style racing in the city.
It won't be done with speed limits alone
By anon
Fri, 04/29/2016 - 9:28pm
when the streets still look like highways.
http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/11/some-20-mph-...
Cars do need to be slowed down, but many streets will need to be redesigned.
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