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Vancouver now has 24/7 reduced speed limits in school and playground zones

Typically, speed limits in school and playground zones are only in effect at certain times.

In Vancouver, it’s on weekdays from 8 am until 5 pm and school zones even take a couple months off in the summer.

That’s all about to change, however, as Vancouver City Council has approved a proposal to implement a 30 km/h speed limit in school and playground zones at all times.

<who>Photo Credit: Twitter

That’s right, that means 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days per year.

It stems from a report put together by the Vancouver Police Department, ICBC and Vancouver Coastal Health, which outlines the vast safety benefits of a constant lower speed limit.

“Slower motor vehicle speeds dramatically improve safety for people walking and cycling,” the report said.

<who>Photo Credit: City of Vancouver report

When a car collides with a pedestrian while driving 30 km/h, there’s a 15% fatality rate, but that skyrockets up to 80% when the car is going 50 km/h, the current speed limit for residential streets.

Not only will all school and playground zones have a 30 km/h speed limit at all times, the City also approved a “slow zone” pilot project to experiment with the slower speed limit on other residential streets.

The first of those slow zones will be in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood in the area bounded by Clark Drive, 1st Avenue, Commercial Drive and North Grandview Highway.



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