We believe that speed limit reduction is a vitally important strategy to improve the lives of all in Ōtepoti Dunedin.
This is especially true around schools and residential areas, as well high pedestrian areas such as the central city area. We understand that investment in cycle infrastructure is slow at present and not a priority of the current national government. Thus, we ask our local council to be proactive and understand that speed reductions make for a more pleasant, healthier, and safer city.
Petition: reduce the speed limit on city roads to 30kph where possible
Indicate your support here:
We, the undersigned, ask the DCC to act now and reduce the speed on our city roads to 30km/hour.
- I fully support this statement
Extensive research and overseas experience show that the reduction in speed to 30km/hour makes streets safer for all people. As active travel users (cyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders, scooters), we can’t afford to wait until the necessary infrastructure is built. The simple action of speed reductions will make Ōtepoti Dunedin more pleasant for all, and save money and lives.
i think this is a super vague petition. I think we need to be surgical in defining where needs to be 30kph. i presented this petition and several family and no one even the hard core environmentalists were willing to sign up for pushing 30 kph thruout dunedin. Everyone I know that cycles is also primarily a driver. I beleive there are plenty of spots that would benefit from this but putting in a blanket statment to reduce speeds “where possible” is gathering absolutely zero support in my sphere of people. Why not start with some pilot areas like around schools and specifc areas that bikers do/could/should frequent. Edmonton recently implemnted 40kph city wide. thats a bit more reasonable and a start that may get some traction. Note that this was part of the cities safe mobility strategy rather than just an isolated bylaw. Lets work with DCC and ORC to try and implement a “Safe Mobility Strategy” and we can start that work by commenting on the draft ORC bus plan.