San Antonio may cut neighborhood speed limits to improve safety, following concerns over speeding and accidents. A pilot program will test the impact.
SAN ANTONIO — Certain city leaders are aiming to lower your driving speed.
The best way they can do so is by dropping the default speed limit in neighborhoods to 25 miles an hour.
Tuesday, the transportation committee met to decide what happens next. Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito is the one pushing this forward.
Alderete Gavito said her community in District 7 sees too many people speeding and too many accidents.
Alderete Gavito has requested that speed requirements within a quarter-mile radius of San Antonio schools, parks and community centers be reduced from 30 to 25 miles per hour.
The transportation committee decided to push the request forward Tuesday, but not without concern.
Some councilmembers voiced how much would be needed to get the job done, which includes studies that in the past have cost $40,000.
Residents in San Antonio who spoke with KENS 5 say the speed reduction is needed, while others feel city leaders could focus on other problems.
“Yes, we can do the analysis, but I’m also curious about today’s cost of us reacting and waiting,” Alderete Gavito said.
Alderete Gavito could oversee a pilot program in her district to see if a reduction in speed helps.
It will be one of the next steps in moving the effort forward.