August 26, 2025
Resolution Establishing
Speed Limits
John Ristow – Director, Department of Transportation
Heather Hoshii – Deputy Director, Transportation Safety Operations & Parking Lam Cruz – Division Manager, DOT Safety Division
Why this Matters?
2 • Speeding is a primary factor in crash severity
• 49 traffic fatalities in 2024
• 39 (80%) occurred on streets posted at 35 mph or higher • 9 fatalities directly due to speeding
• Lower posted speed limits are a Vision Zero Action
Plan strategy to reduce deaths and serious injuries
• Updated Engineering & Traffic Surveys ensure SJPD
can enforce using radar
Assembly Bills
3 • Assembly Bills 43 and 1938 provide new
flexibility (safety corridors, business
activity districts, high bike & pedestrian
areas, speed creep prevention)
• Lowering speed limits on 23 street
segments and maintaining the current
speed limit on 3 street segments
What’s next?
4 • Outreach:
Council newsletters, social media, changeable message signs • Signage & Markings:
Installed September 2025 (before speed cameras)
• Additional Segments:
Fall 2025
August 26, 2025
Resolution Establishing
Speed Limits
John Ristow – Director, Department of Transportation
Heather Hoshii – Deputy Director, Transportation Safety Operations & Parking Lam Cruz – Division Manager, DOT Safety Division