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Council backs citywide traffic‑calming push: lower speed limits near parks and purchase of rapid‑flashing beacons
Summary
The council approved measures to expand neighborhood traffic calming, direct staff to update speed limits (including 25 mph near playgrounds), and authorized procurement contracts for rapid‑flashing beacons and as‑needed traffic devices to accelerate quick‑build safety improvements across priority corridors.
The Long Beach City Council voted to advance a neighborhood traffic calming program that includes targeted speed‑limit reductions, quick‑build street‑design changes and procurement of rapid‑flashing beacons (RFBs) to improve pedestrian safety.
Public Works staff presented an evaluation of roughly 180 requested locations citywide and identified 17 priority street segments based on speeding, crash history and traffic volume. Staff recommended a toolbox of countermeasures—painted bulbouts, red curbs, flexible delineators, traffic circles,…
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