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Council votes to introduce ordinance lowering speed limits on Freights Road and I Street
Summary
After staff presented new 80th‑percentile traffic surveys and the effects of recent calming measures, the council moved to introduce an ordinance lowering Freight's Road to 35 mph and I Street to 30 mph; the roll-call motion passed unanimously.
The Petaluma City Council voted on Feb. 23 to introduce an ordinance revising radar-enforceable speed limits on two corridors after staff presented updated engineering and traffic surveys.
Staff explained the technical basis: speed limits follow an engineering and traffic survey that uses the 80th‑percentile vehicle speed and rounding rules under the California Vehicle Code. Bjorn Greetenberg summarized recent data showing the 80th‑percentile on Freight's Road fell from 43 mph (2020) to 41 mph in a new survey; staff…
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