City Council Looks at Lower Speed Limits

[hrmjustin]

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
Published: November 26, 2013

A high-velocity, if perpetually congested, city is being told yet again to slow down.

Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker, said on Tuesday that she hoped to pass a bill in the coming weeks lowering the current speed limit of 30 miles per hour on many New York streets.

“We are actively working on that bill,” she told reporters, referring to legislation sponsored by Councilman David G. Greenfield of Brooklyn, adding, “Our goal is to pass it before the end of the year.”

Mr. Greenfield’s bill had called for 20 m.p.h. limits “on all streets fewer than 60 feet wide in areas zoned for residential purposes.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/27/nyregion/city-council-looks-at-lower-speed-limits.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytmetro

[Trillo]

1. I don't live in your state,

but if you lower it to 10-15 mph, it would seem just about right for bicycle-only status.

[hrmjustin]

2. Yeah I see what you mean.

[NYC_SKP]

3. I miss the 70's and 80's when most of Manhattan's avenues didn't even have lanes marked.

Traffic was allowed to work in the realm of "chaos and randomness", which itself is a form of order.

[hrmjustin]

4. Looks like traffic on some streets today, lol.