Edmonton 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 councillors vote for default 40 km/h residential speed limit

  In a vote of 8-5, councillors opted for a default speed limit of 40 km/h on most residential roads, as well as high-pedestrian areas like Jasper and Whyte avenues.

  Politics

  Mar 11, 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.

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  Feb 13, 2020
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• App incorporates lower speed limits in Edmonton commute estimates

  The city is hoping to get people on board with lower speed limits by using an app to show how little time they would add to a commute.

  News

  Jan 31, 2020
• 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.

  Traffic

  May 14, 2019
• Councillor to propose fixed design standards to make Edmonton neighbourhood roads slower

  Once city council debates Edmonton speed limits May 14, Coun. Andrew Knack plans to introduce a motion to have everything built new in the 'burbs and residential streets going through neighbourhood renewal get new design standards.

  Traffic

  May 2, 2019
• 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
• Edmonton school demands improved traffic safety after student hit by school bus

  Grade 6 students from Bessie Nichols School held a "Citizens in Action Walk" in support of improved traffic safety on Hemingway Road

  News

  Mar 22, 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
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• 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