Reduced Speed Limit to Save Lives on Popular Shopping Strips
Source: Victoria. Minister for Roads and Ports. Media Release
"A 40 kilometre per hour speed limit will be introduced at five popular shopping strips across Melbourne, under the Brumby Government’s road safety strategy Arrive Alive 2008 – 2017. Roads and Ports Minister, Tim Pallas said the new speed limit initiative follows a recently completed trial of 40 km/h zones at 18 strip shopping sites. “The trial showed a positive safety benefit in areas with high levels of pedestrian traffic,” Mr Pallas said. “As a result, the 18 sites will continue to be 40 km zones, and the Brumby Government will be investing $600,000 to introduce 40 km speed limits at five new sites.” The trial showed that there had been a reduction of around 17 per cent in pedestrian casualty crashes in the trial areas compared with other untreated sites over the same period."