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Council pauses citywide speed-limit ordinance, asks staff for 45-day follow-up on school and truck-route segments
Summary
After hearing a consultant’s engineering and traffic surveys, the council voted to delay final adoption and asked staff to study specific school-zone and truck-route segments before introducing a final ordinance.
Carson officials delayed final action on a proposed ordinance updating posted speed limits on dozens of city street segments, instructing staff to return in about 45 days with additional study focused on school-area segments and heavily used truck routes.
Traffic engineering consultant Jamie Bourgeois summarized the methodology used to set posted limits under the California Vehicle Code: the engineering and traffic surveys measure prevailing speeds and typically set speed limits using the 85th-percentile speed rounded to the nearest 5 mph. Bourgeois also noted Assembly Bill 43 allows engineers some additional flexibility to reduce posted limits by 5 MPH in areas with high pedestrian and bicycle activity or…
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