Edmonton Speed Limit

• 40 km/h speed limit change in Edmonton led to fewer collisions: study

  According to a report, after lowering the speed limit by 10 km/h, Edmonton saw 25.1 per cent fewer collisions and 31 per cent fewer injuries and fatalities throughout the city.

  Traffic

  Dec 9, 2023
  
• Councillor tells Windermere drivers to slow down: ‘Shouldn’t have to spend taxpayer money on speed bumps’

  Tim Cartmell, who represents Windermere, Langdale and Keswick, has heard hundreds of complaints from residents about drivers speeding through residential and school areas.

  Crime

  Oct 26, 2022
  
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• 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
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• 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.

  News

  Feb 13, 2020
• Edmonton city councillors discuss proposal to reduce residential speed limit

  A group of citizens suggested another option: lower the residential speed limit to 30 km/h in a section of central Edmonton.

  Traffic

  Apr 24, 2019