A San Diego City Council committee on Thursday advanced a plan to lower speed limits on more than 679 miles of streets in an effort to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
The proposed Comprehensive Speed Management Plan is an effort to implement AB 43, a state law that gives cities more authority to set speed limits based on safety data. The plan awaits a hearing at the full City Council.
Historically, California’s speed limits were based on actual travel speeds measured in traffic surveys. Critics said this allowed unsafe driving to become normalized and prohibited police from enforcing speeding laws on dangerous and collision-prone corridors…