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Kirkland presents Transportation Safety Action Plan; recommends 20 mph default on local streets, corridor studies for arterial speed limits
Summary
Kirkland staff presented a Transportation Safety Action Plan that recommends a 20 mph default limit on local streets and a corridor‑by‑corridor approach to arterial speed limits, paired with engineering, enforcement and education countermeasures.
Kirkland staff presented a final draft of the Transportation Safety Action Plan (TSAP) on Nov. 5 that lays out crash‑analysis results, near‑miss studies, and a toolbox of engineering, education and enforcement countermeasures to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes. The plan includes a proposed speed‑setting policy that would:
- Set a default 20 mph limit on local streets (policy principle), and - State a policy preference for a 30 mph maximum on collector and arterial corridors while continuing to use engineering investigations to set arterial limits under state law.
Jennifer Palmer, transportation engineering supervisor, said the plan is built around the "safe systems" approach to reduce deaths and serious injuries, and…
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