The new speed limit go into effect at Connecticut Avenue NW and New York Avenue NE.
The speed reduction went into effect Friday on Connecticut Avenue NW and will be effective this week on New York Avenue NE, two busy routes that combined carry nearly 100,000 vehicles daily and ferry significant traffic from Maryland into downtown.
Two other corridors — North Capitol Street/Blair Road NW and Wheeler Road SE — will see the speed limit reduction in coming months, the District Department of Transportation said. The Bowser administration has claimed that slower speeds can help improve safety and has cited successes in other cities that implemented lower limits. Pedestrians are less likely to die when hit by a car traveling at the lower speed, according to research cited by the city.
It is unclear, however, how effective the new posted limits would be without the city first implementing any physical improvements to the routes, some residents and elected leaders said, noting that new signs can be easily ignored in routes conducive to higher speeds and absent of enforcement.
Council member Brianne K. Nadeau welcomed the change to the speed limit but said more is needed for it to work, including designing the streets for 25 mph speeds, making speed limits clearer and posting better speed camera signage.Two years ago, Bowser set the default speed limit on D.C. streets at 20 mph, down from 25 mph, citing concerns about speeding and other dangerous driving behaviors that are a factor in a higher rate of traffic fatalities.D.C.
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