Edmonton Residential Speed Limits

• Edmonton’s default residential speed limit lowering to 40 km/h next summer

  Edmonton city council voted 9-3 to reduce the default speed limit to 40 km/h on residential roads and in areas with high amounts of pedestrian traffic such as Whyte Avenue.

  Traffic

  Nov 4, 2020
  
• Edmonton looking at ideas that would lower speed limits, mostly targeting residential roads

  The first recommendation is to drop the speed limit to 40 km/h on all residential roads. The other recommendation would target a smaller area but take the speed down to 30 km/h.

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  Feb 13, 2020
  
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• Edmonton city councillors consider 2-tier residential speed limits; decision won’t be made until at least 2020

  Pedestrian safety was discussed at Edmonton City Hall on Tuesday as city councillors warmed to the idea of adopting a two-tier system for residential speed limits in an attempt to make streets safer for those on foot.

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  May 14, 2019
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• Mother of Edmonton girl struck by school bus asks city council to make changes on road

  An Edmonton mother calls on city council to make changes to a stretch of road in the southwest end of the city where her daughter suffered serious injuries when she was struck by a school bus.

  Traffic

  Mar 20, 2019
• Mother of Edmonton girl struck by school bus calls on city to lower speed limit on Hemingway Road

  The mother of a 13-year-old Edmonton girl who suffered serious injuries when she and another girl were struck by a school bus in the city's southwest last week has written an open letter to the mayor, calling for changes to the speed limit.

  Education

  Mar 14, 2019