Speed Limit Reductions Updates
City Council Meeting - December 6, 2022
• In July 2020, in a 7 –1 action, the City Council
approved the adoption of the Safe Streets Long
Beach plan.
• One of the goals outlined in the plan is to achieve
zero fatal crashes on Long Beach Streets by 2026.
• Highlighted in Safe Streets Long Beach plan:
"driving too fast for conditions is the most frequent
violation by motorists contributing to fatal and
serious injury collisions in Long Beach."
Vision Zero
Background
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Speeding Reductions
Speed and Safety
One key action in the Safe Streets
Long Beach plan is to address
speeding.
The L.B.M.C. amendment
proposes 111 citywide
reductions:
• 18 reductions to 30mph
• 36 reductions to 25mph
• 50 reductions below 25mph
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3 • Speeds based on radar results,
with special zones allowed
along schools
• May post 15-20mph limits with
radar survey on narrow streets
• Limits must be regularly
recertified to reflect higher
speeds: feedback loop
Previous Law
• Speeds based on radar results,
with special zones allowed along
schools and business districts
• May post 15-20mph limits with
radar survey on any street
• Unless a road is widened to add
lanes, existing speed limits may
be maintained.
Assembly Bill 43
AB43 Update
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Justification for Lower Speed Limits
Traffic Calming Treatments
Existing slow traffic (AB43)
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Business Corridors (AB43)
Prevent “Speed Creep” (AB43)
5 Interventions on the High-Injury Network
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High-Injury Network Map
In upcoming Measure A 5-Year Infrastructure
Investment Plan, the City plans to address corridors
listed in the high-injury network:
• Anaheim Corridor
• Market Street
• Artesia Great Boulevard
Additional corridors to be impacted are:
• 6th Street/7th Street
• Bellflower Blvd.
• Orange Avenue
• Los Coyotes Diagonal
• Pacific Avenue
• Willow Street
6 Interventions on the High-Injury Network
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Proposed Street Segments
• The proposed speed limit reductions will be
implemented across all nine Council Districts.
• 50 sub-25mph segments will be established.
7 December 2022
Next Steps: Implementation Timeline
Early 2023
Spring 2023
Approve recommendation to amend L.B.M.C.
City Council to approve L.B.M.C. change;
Public Works to begin community outreach
Public Works to continue community outreach;
Installation of new speed limit signs begin
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8 Thank you!
Eric Lopez
Director of Public Works
Paul Van Dyk
Traffic Engineer, T.E., RSP1
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