Commission opens work session on lowering neighborhood speed limits to 20 mph
After residents and a physician urged a lower residential speed limit to protect pedestrians and children, commissioners agreed to pursue a traffic study, explore traffic‑calming measures and engage the neighbor advisory board; the city manager outlined study costs and enforcement considerations.
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A physician speaking as a resident urged the commission to lower residential speed limits, citing survivability statistics: "When a car hits you at 20 m an hour, your likelihood of survival is 90%. When a car hits you at 30 m an hour, ... your likelihood of survival is below 50%." The commission heard additional testimony from a 9‑year‑old resident who said children regularly "have to jump out of the way of cars cruising past 30 mph," and urged lowering limits to protect kids.
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