City Council to Decide Whether to Lower Chicago’s Default Speed Limit to 25 MPH – WTTW (Chicago)

Opponents of the change say it will only increase gridlock in Chicago, which already has the fifth worse traffic in the world, according to a recent report, and give city officials a way to ease Chicago’s financial crunch by hitting drivers who refuse to slow down with fines and fees. But transportation advocates say the change is designed to save lives, not generate revenue, and the time to act is now.
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mqyl
1 year ago

This should be a no-brainer vote to not lower the already low default speed limit in Chicago. Relatedly, it makes no sense to me how a driver who routinely exceeds a 30-mph speed limit would magically comply with a 25-mph speed limit. Keep the 30-mph speed limit but enforce it better.

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