Speed Limits

• ‘We’ve seen a shifting sentiment’: Winnipeg speed limit pilot showing encouraging results

  A pilot project to study the benefits of reduced speed limits in some Winnipeg neighbourhoods is moving on to the next phase. 

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  Jan 25
  
• Speed limits in Peterborough school zones to be reduced

  On Monday night, city council endorsed a staff report that recommends reducing all school zone speed limits to 40 kilometres per hour (km/h) or 30 km/h, depending on the street.

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  Jun 6, 2023
  
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• Winnipeg drops speed limits on five streets for seasonal bike route program

  As part of Winnipeg's seasonal bike route program, five local streets will see temporary speed limit reductions, beginning with the installation of new speed limit signs Tuesday. 

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  May 2, 2023
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• Reduced speed limit pilot starts in select Winnipeg neighbourhoods this weekend

  Signs advising of the coming speed limit changes were installed in each affected Winnipeg neighbourhood in mid-February. Those chances take effect

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  Mar 3, 2023
• Permanent speed limit drop recommended for neighbourhood greenway areas

  Several streets in Winnipeg considered a critical component of the city's bike network, could be seeing permanent changes to the speed limit.

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  Mar 1, 2023
• Speed limit lowering to 30km/h in some Winnipeg areas

  A reduced speed pilot project is expected to start sometime in March and it will lower speed limits to 30 kilometres per hour in some Winnipeg neighbourhoods. 

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2023
• Tesla recalling 363K ‘Full Self Driving’ vehicles in the U.S. due collision risks

  Tesla is recalling nearly 363,000 vehicles with its ``Full Self-Driving'' system to fix problems with the way it behaves around intersections and following posted speed limits.

  U.S. News

  Feb 16, 2023
• South Winnipeg councillor wants better construction zone signs as residents ticketed

  A Winnipeg councillor says he's received a number of calls from constituents concerned about traffic tickets they're receiving in a construction area just south of the city.

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  Feb 7, 2023
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• Pilot project to reduce speed limits in 4 Winnipeg neighbourhoods this spring

  Waverley West Coun. Janice Lukes, chair of the city's public works committee, says the plan has been in the works for a few years and will begin this March.

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  Jan 5, 2023
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• 6-year-old in Quebec spearheads effort to force speed limit reduction

  After being injured in a crash, Avaley Kevens collected enough signatures to convince the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion to reduce the speed limit on her street to 30 km/h from 40 km/h.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2022