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30 km/h zone

30 km/h zones (30 kilometres per hour zones) and the similar 20 mph zones (20 miles per hour zones) are forms of speed management used across areas of urban roads in some jurisdictions. The nominal maximum speed limits in these zones are 30 kilometres per hour (19 mph) and 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) respectively. Although these zones do have the nominal speed limit posted, speeds are generally ensured by the use of traffic calming (physical or psychological) measures, though limits with signs and lines only are increasingly used in the UK.[1][2]

The road sign for a 30 km/h zone in Austria
The road sign for a 20 mph zone in the UK

Reasons for implementation edit

 
Entry in a zone 30 in France.

These zones are generally introduced in areas, particularly residential areas, in an attempt to keep road traffic speeds down to a safe level. The philosophy behind such zones is that the streets in the zone are public space, and they seek to help strike a balance between the realities of an urban area bustling with pedestrian activity and the circulatory function of the roadways. Streets in these zones are considered to be a space for people who live, work, play and study in the area, while people who cross the zone to get somewhere else are excluded. The theory is to reduce rat running while improving the safety and quality of life in the area.

Research has shown that reducing driver speeds in built-up areas reduce injuries for all road users, including motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The link between vehicle speed and pedestrian crash severity has been established by research studies, with crash severity increasing as a function of motor vehicle speeds.[3] If a vehicle hits a pedestrian while traveling 24 km/h (15 mph) most pedestrians will survive a crash, often sustaining only minor injuries. Minor increases in impact speed have been shown to have a profound effect on crash severity. At 40 km/h (25 mph), almost all crashes result in severe injuries and roughly half are fatal; and at 64 km/h (40 mph), fully 90% of crashes are fatal. The dramatic differences in fatality rates are a key part of the theory behind 20 mph and 30 km/h zones.[4] Other studies have revealed that lower speeds reduce community severance caused by high speed roads in neighbourhoods, i.e. there is more neighborhood interaction and community cohesion when speeds are reduced to 30 km/h.[5]

Objectives edit

The objectives of the implementation of zones are to help:

  • Provide safe street crossings
  • Improve the quality of life
  • Increase levels of walking and cycling
  • Reduce obesity through increased active living
  • Reduce rat running and cut through traffic
  • Reducing motor vehicle traffic volumes and speeds
  • To reduce road crash rates, injuries and fatalities to all road users
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and noise pollution
  • Foment an area where pedestrians, cyclists and motorists coexist safely and comfortably
  • Develop public space that is open and safe for everyone, including people with disabilities
  • Increase the space available for walking, biking, and people on the street to eat, play and enjoy life
  • Provide a safe area for children in school zones
  • Increase real estate values of local homes and businesses
  • Increase the economic vitality of the area
  • Strengthen the sense of community

Benefits edit

Compared to normal signed but unenforced speed limits, these type of speed zone generally deliver the required traffic speeds because of their traffic calming aspects.

Reviews of formal studies in many countries have found that 20 mph zones and limits are effective in reducing accidents and injuries, traffic speed and volume.[6][7][8][9][10] Speed limits without changes to street layout are less effective, but still have significant benefits.[11]

Death is much less likely if a pedestrian is hit by a car travelling at 30 km/h (20 mph) than at 50 km/h (30 mph) or more. The limited evidence from existing 30 km/h (20 mph) schemes shows marked reductions in deaths and casualties.[12]

Lower traffic speeds contributes towards less congestion, less air pollution, lower emissions, stronger communities and reduced obesity.[12]

Prevalence edit

 
Zone 30 in Barcelona

Europe edit

In European countries 30 km/h zones have been used widely. On September 1, 1992, the city of Graz, Austria, became the first European city to implement a citywide 30 km/h limit on all roads except its largest. Significant 30 km/h zones are ubiquitous across the Netherlands. In Switzerland 30 km/h zones have been allowed by law since 1989 and they were first established in Zürich in 1991.[13]

In 2017, most of all IRTAD countries have a default speed limit in urban areas of 50 km/h, with various lower speeds, for instance, in the Netherlands, 70% of the urban roads are limited to 30 km/h.[14]

A network of 67 European NGOs organised a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "30kmh - making streets liveable" collected signatures of support for a 30 km/h speed limit as the normal limit for the European Union. 50 km/h speed limits would then become exceptions. Local authorities would be able to decide on these exceptions and set other speed limits on their street network.[15]

In Munich 80% of the 2,300 kilometers of urban road network have a speed limit of 30 km/h or less, remaining roads are limited at 50 km/h.[16]

85% of Madrid's streets are limited to 30 km/h.[17] In May 2021 the government of Pedro Sánchez rolled out a new regimen of speed limits that limits most urban streets to 30 km/h, some to 20 km/h and the rest to 50 km/h depending on the number of lanes and whether the sidewalk is physically separated from street level.[18]

Lyon has the wider 30 km/h zone, with an area of 500 hectares (or 5 square kilometers) covering 87 km of road lanes.[19]

in January 2021 Brussels enacted 30 km/h as the default maximum speed for the entire Brussels Capital Region.[20] The authorities[who?] claim that this is the largest 30 km/h zone to date. According to sources[which?] the area of the Brussels capital area is 162 km².[21]

In France, town with most zone 30 kilometers are: Toulouse: 479,5 km, Angers: 461 km, Paris: 396,7 km, Lorient: 214,5 km, Grenoble: 213,7 km, Tours: 183,2 km et Nantes: 179,1 km.[citation needed]

Montpellier starts with 30 km/h zone on 1 August 2021.[22]

Since 30 August 2021, Paris has 30 km/h zone on most of the city except périphérique, boulevards des Maréchaux and few other streets.[23]

Since Wednesday 30 March 2022, Lyon has 30 km/h speed limit on 84% of its streets against only 37% previously. this means that 610 kilometres have a 30 km/h speed limit out of a total of 627 kilometres.[24]

In January 2024 Bologna enacted 30 km/h as the default maximum speed on 70% of its streets, covering around 90% of the city population.[25]

United Kingdom edit

There is significant action across the UK, both by organisations and local councils, to implement more 20 mph limits and zones in local communities.[26] 20's Plenty for Us list populations in UK local authorities committed to wide-area 20 mph limits at over 15 million people at March 2016, with over half of the largest UK 40 urban authorities having agreed a Total 20 mph policy. Some towns define the 20 mph zone as the general speed limit across the city, with a higher speed for main roads.[27]

In March 2018, Edinburgh implemented a citywide network of 20mph limits. Average speeds have reduced; support for 20mph is increasing, though compliance is still imperfect; casualties have fallen. There is no evidence of displacement of traffic from 20mph streets to 30mph streets.[28] The council of the mostly-rural Scottish Borders, UK, tried a 20 mph speed limit in 97 villages and towns from October 2020. Speeds reduced, and remained lower for at least eight months. The largest speed reductions were in locations with higher speeds, and especially in those having mean speeds greater than 25 mph before the intervention.[29]

In Wales in September 2023, after supportive reviews of the literature,[30] commitment in the manifesto of the ruling Welsh Labour party, after some years of successful pilot studies,[31] extensive consultation,[32][33] supportive opinion polls,[34][35] and further consultation by local councils, a 20mph limit was introduced as a default for residential roads.[36] Local councils, which implemented the change, were able to make exceptions where appropriate. Public Health Wales predicted that this would save up to ten lives and about two thousand serious injuries per year.[37]

The policy was introduced to the Senedd by a Conservative MS in 2018. It had all-party support for some years,[38][39][40][41] and opinion polls continued to show majority support.[42] However, in 2023, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives began to claim that the policy was for a "blanket" 20mph limit, and the issue became the "most toxic" in years.[38] The Senedd's petition site recorded over 450,000 signatures to a request for the policy of "reducing to 20mph EVERWHERE" to be stopped.[43] A motion of no confidence in Lee Waters, Deputy Climate Change Minister, was backed only by Conservatives and was defeated in the Senedd.[44]

In the week after implementation, analysis of in-vehicle GPS data showed that traffic speeds on urban roads in Wales reduced by 2.9mph. Half of the drivers were sticking to the new limit and there was a significant reduction in the length of roads where speeds are well above 24 miles per hour.[45] Three months later, overall average speeds were 2.4mph less than pre-implementation levels.[46][47]

United States edit

In the US, 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limits exist along linear routes, but are slow to catch on for area-wide implementation. New York City has implemented 20 mph zones through its Neighborhood Slow Zones program.[48][49]

Ten US states already allow 15 mph (24 km/h) or 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limits for linear routes, as follows:

  • Alaska stipulates 15 mph (24 km/h) speed limits in alleys and 20 mph (32 km/h) limits in business districts.
  • In Delaware school zones have 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limits.
  • Florida has school zones which usually have 10 mph (16 km/h) to 20 mph (32 km/h) limits. Most use signing and flashing yellow lights during school times, but there is debate surrounding the efficacy of these measures.
  • Massachusetts has set their default speed limit at 15 mph (24 km/h) in the vicinity of a mobile vendor with flashing yellow lights (such as an Ice Cream Truck) and at 20 mph (32 km/h) in a school zone when children are present.
  • In North Carolina, the Central Business Districts (CBDs) have a statutory speed limit of 20 mph (32 km/h) unless otherwise posted. They use "Reduce Speed Ahead" signage instead of the more common "Reduced Speed Ahead" signage.
  • In Oregon, rather than having a "when children are present" speed limit, they have a 20 mph (32 km/h) speed limit with a time-of-day system, usually school days, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The speed limit is for school roads with posted speeds of 30 mph (48 km/h) or below.
  • Pennsylvania generally uses 15 mph (24 km/h) speed limits for school zones during arrival and departure times.
  • In Rhode Island the default speed limit is 20 mph (32 km/h) within 300 ft (90 m) of a school, which starts to emulate a 20 mph (32 km/h) zone but is not an area-wide speed limit.
  • In West Virginia school zones have a statutory speed limit of 15 mph (24 km/h), except for roads with a speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) or higher, which have an advisory speed of 35 mph (56 km/h) in school zones when children are present. A school zone includes 200 ft (60 m) adjacent to the school (or school road) in both directions.
  • Wisconsin has a default speed limit of 15 mph (24 km/h) in school zones, near parks with children, and in alleyways.[50]

Mexico edit

Mexican cities which have established 30 km/h (19 mph) zones (Zonas 30):

Oceania edit

Australia edit

 
In Australia, an area in which all streets are 30 km/h is called a 30 km/h area

New Zealand edit

 
Signs and markings entering the central city 30km/h zone in Christchurch, New Zealand
  • A number of suburban shopping areas around Wellington have had 30 km/h limits since ca. 2010.
  • In the Wellington Central Business District, 30 km/h limits will be put in place from the end of July 2020.[59]
  • The central area of New Plymouth was converted to 30 km/h in Jul 2012.[60]
  • The town centre of Blenheim was reduced to 30 km/h in Aug 2014.
  • A 30 km/h zone was introduced in central Christchurch since Mar 2016.[61]
  • A series of neighborhood greenways in Christchurch have had 30 km/h limits applied to them, including Papanui Parallel, Uni-Cycle, Quarrymans Trail, Rapanui/Shag Rock, and Heathcote Expressway.[62]
  • A growing number of central city main streets in various New Zealand cities have been converted to 30 km/h, including Queen St (Auckland), Victoria St (Hamilton), and George St (Dunedin).
  • The beachside area of Mt Maunganui in Tauranga has been 30 km/h since Aug 2011.[63] The city centre of Tauranga was also reduced to 30 km/h in Oct 2018.[64]
  • In Auckland, 30 km/h speed limits were introduced in July 2017 for the Wynyard Quarter and Viaduct Harbour areas.[65]

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United States 3 3 Mexico 3 4 Oceania 3 4 1 Australia 3 4 2 New Zealand 4 ReferencesReasons for implementation edit nbsp Entry in a zone 30 in France These zones are generally introduced in areas particularly residential areas in an attempt to keep road traffic speeds down to a safe level The philosophy behind such zones is that the streets in the zone are public space and they seek to help strike a balance between the realities of an urban area bustling with pedestrian activity and the circulatory function of the roadways Streets in these zones are considered to be a space for people who live work play and study in the area while people who cross the zone to get somewhere else are excluded The theory is to reduce rat running while improving the safety and quality of life in the area Research has shown that reducing driver speeds in built up areas reduce injuries for all road users including motorists bicyclists and pedestrians The link between vehicle speed and pedestrian crash severity has been established by research studies with crash severity increasing as a function of motor vehicle speeds 3 If a vehicle hits a pedestrian while traveling 24 km h 15 mph most pedestrians will survive a crash often sustaining only minor injuries Minor increases in impact speed have been shown to have a profound effect on crash severity At 40 km h 25 mph almost all crashes result in severe injuries and roughly half are fatal and at 64 km h 40 mph fully 90 of crashes are fatal The dramatic differences in fatality rates are a key part of the theory behind 20 mph and 30 km h zones 4 Other studies have revealed that lower speeds reduce community severance caused by high speed roads in neighbourhoods i e there is more neighborhood interaction and community cohesion when speeds are reduced to 30 km h 5 Objectives edit The objectives of the implementation of zones are to help Provide safe street crossings Improve the quality of life Increase levels of walking and cycling Reduce obesity through increased active living Reduce rat running and cut through traffic Reducing motor vehicle traffic volumes and speeds To reduce road crash rates injuries and fatalities to all road users Reduce greenhouse gas emissions air pollution and noise pollution Foment an area where pedestrians cyclists and motorists coexist safely and comfortably Develop public space that is open and safe for everyone including people with disabilities Increase the space available for walking biking and people on the street to eat play and enjoy life Provide a safe area for children in school zones Increase real estate values of local homes and businesses Increase the economic vitality of the area Strengthen the sense of communityBenefits editCompared to normal signed but unenforced speed limits these type of speed zone generally deliver the required traffic speeds because of their traffic calming aspects Reviews of formal studies in many countries have found that 20 mph zones and limits are effective in reducing accidents and injuries traffic speed and volume 6 7 8 9 10 Speed limits without changes to street layout are less effective but still have significant benefits 11 Death is much less likely if a pedestrian is hit by a car travelling at 30 km h 20 mph than at 50 km h 30 mph or more The limited evidence from existing 30 km h 20 mph schemes shows marked reductions in deaths and casualties 12 Lower traffic speeds contributes towards less congestion less air pollution lower emissions stronger communities and reduced obesity 12 Prevalence edit nbsp Zone 30 in BarcelonaEurope edit In European countries 30 km h zones have been used widely On September 1 1992 the city of Graz Austria became the first European city to implement a citywide 30 km h limit on all roads except its largest Significant 30 km h zones are ubiquitous across the Netherlands In Switzerland 30 km h zones have been allowed by law since 1989 and they were first established in Zurich in 1991 13 In 2017 most of all IRTAD countries have a default speed limit in urban areas of 50 km h with various lower speeds for instance in the Netherlands 70 of the urban roads are limited to 30 km h 14 A network of 67 European NGOs organised a European Citizens Initiative ECI 30kmh making streets liveable collected signatures of support for a 30 km h speed limit as the normal limit for the European Union 50 km h speed limits would then become exceptions Local authorities would be able to decide on these exceptions and set other speed limits on their street network 15 In Munich 80 of the 2 300 kilometers of urban road network have a speed limit of 30 km h or less remaining roads are limited at 50 km h 16 85 of Madrid s streets are limited to 30 km h 17 In May 2021 the government of Pedro Sanchez rolled out a new regimen of speed limits that limits most urban streets to 30 km h some to 20 km h and the rest to 50 km h depending on the number of lanes and whether the sidewalk is physically separated from street level 18 Lyon has the wider 30 km h zone with an area of 500 hectares or 5 square kilometers covering 87 km of road lanes 19 in January 2021 Brussels enacted 30 km h as the default maximum speed for the entire Brussels Capital Region 20 The authorities who claim that this is the largest 30 km h zone to date According to sources which the area of the Brussels capital area is 162 km 21 In France town with most zone 30 kilometers are Toulouse 479 5 km Angers 461 km Paris 396 7 km Lorient 214 5 km Grenoble 213 7 km Tours 183 2 km et Nantes 179 1 km citation needed Montpellier starts with 30 km h zone on 1 August 2021 22 Since 30 August 2021 Paris has 30 km h zone on most of the city except peripherique boulevards des Marechaux and few other streets 23 Since Wednesday 30 March 2022 Lyon has 30 km h speed limit on 84 of its streets against only 37 previously this means that 610 kilometres have a 30 km h speed limit out of a total of 627 kilometres 24 In January 2024 Bologna enacted 30 km h as the default maximum speed on 70 of its streets covering around 90 of the city population 25 United Kingdom edit There is significant action across the UK both by organisations and local councils to implement more 20 mph limits and zones in local communities 26 20 s Plenty for Us list populations in UK local authorities committed to wide area 20 mph limits at over 15 million people at March 2016 with over half of the largest UK 40 urban authorities having agreed a Total 20 mph policy Some towns define the 20 mph zone as the general speed limit across the city with a higher speed for main roads 27 In March 2018 Edinburgh implemented a citywide network of 20mph limits Average speeds have reduced support for 20mph is increasing though compliance is still imperfect casualties have fallen There is no evidence of displacement of traffic from 20mph streets to 30mph streets 28 The council of the mostly rural Scottish Borders UK tried a 20 mph speed limit in 97 villages and towns from October 2020 Speeds reduced and remained lower for at least eight months The largest speed reductions were in locations with higher speeds and especially in those having mean speeds greater than 25 mph before the intervention 29 In Wales in September 2023 after supportive reviews of the literature 30 commitment in the manifesto of the ruling Welsh Labour party after some years of successful pilot studies 31 extensive consultation 32 33 supportive opinion polls 34 35 and further consultation by local councils a 20mph limit was introduced as a default for residential roads 36 Local councils which implemented the change were able to make exceptions where appropriate Public Health Wales predicted that this would save up to ten lives and about two thousand serious injuries per year 37 The policy was introduced to the Senedd by a Conservative MS in 2018 It had all party support for some years 38 39 40 41 and opinion polls continued to show majority support 42 However in 2023 the leader of the Welsh Conservatives began to claim that the policy was for a blanket 20mph limit and the issue became the most toxic in years 38 The Senedd s petition site recorded over 450 000 signatures to a request for the policy of reducing to 20mph EVERWHERE to be stopped 43 A motion of no confidence in Lee Waters Deputy Climate Change Minister was backed only by Conservatives and was defeated in the Senedd 44 In the week after implementation analysis of in vehicle GPS data showed that traffic speeds on urban roads in Wales reduced by 2 9mph Half of the drivers were sticking to the new limit and there was a significant reduction in the length of roads where speeds are well above 24 miles per hour 45 Three months later overall average speeds were 2 4mph less than pre implementation levels 46 47 United States edit In the US 20 mph 32 km h speed limits exist along linear routes but are slow to catch on for area wide implementation New York City has implemented 20 mph zones through its Neighborhood Slow Zones program 48 49 Ten US states already allow 15 mph 24 km h or 20 mph 32 km h speed limits for linear routes as follows Alaska stipulates 15 mph 24 km h speed limits in alleys and 20 mph 32 km h limits in business districts In Delaware school zones have 20 mph 32 km h speed limits Florida has school zones which usually have 10 mph 16 km h to 20 mph 32 km h limits Most use signing and flashing yellow lights during school times but there is debate surrounding the efficacy of these measures Massachusetts has set their default speed limit at 15 mph 24 km h in the vicinity of a mobile vendor with flashing yellow lights such as an Ice Cream Truck and at 20 mph 32 km h in a school zone when children are present In North Carolina the Central Business Districts CBDs have a statutory speed limit of 20 mph 32 km h unless otherwise posted They use Reduce Speed Ahead signage instead of the more common Reduced Speed Ahead signage In Oregon rather than having a when children are present speed limit they have a 20 mph 32 km h speed limit with a time of day system usually school days 7 a m to 5 p m The speed limit is for school roads with posted speeds of 30 mph 48 km h or below Pennsylvania generally uses 15 mph 24 km h speed limits for school zones during arrival and departure times In Rhode Island the default speed limit is 20 mph 32 km h within 300 ft 90 m of a school which starts to emulate a 20 mph 32 km h zone but is not an area wide speed limit In West Virginia school zones have a statutory speed limit of 15 mph 24 km h except for roads with a speed limit of 55 mph 89 km h or higher which have an advisory speed of 35 mph 56 km h in school zones when children are present A school zone includes 200 ft 60 m adjacent to the school or school road in both directions Wisconsin has a default speed limit of 15 mph 24 km h in school zones near parks with children and in alleyways 50 Mexico edit Mexican cities which have established 30 km h 19 mph zones Zonas 30 Monterrey Nuevo Leon in Barrio Antiguo 51 Guadalajara Jalisco in Historic Downtown 52 Zapopan Jalisco in Historic Downtown 53 Los Mochis Sinaloa in Downtown 54 Oceania edit Australia edit nbsp In Australia an area in which all streets are 30 km h is called a 30 km h areaResidential streets of Melbourne suburbs Fitzroy and Collingwood are zoned 30 km h 55 Leibig Street in Warrnambool is zoned 30 km h 56 Sydney CBD s only 30 km h street is Druitt Street next to Town Hall station Other 30 km h zones in Sydney include in the Centennial Park Bi centennial Park and in the Botanic Gardens On 11 July 2020 Northern Beaches Council reduced the speed limit of Manly s town centre to 30 km h 57 Liverpool city centre in Sydney s south west followed suit on 17 July 58 New Zealand edit nbsp Signs and markings entering the central city 30km h zone in Christchurch New ZealandA number of suburban shopping areas around Wellington have had 30 km h limits since ca 2010 In the Wellington Central Business District 30 km h limits will be put in place from the end of July 2020 59 The central area of New Plymouth was converted to 30 km h in Jul 2012 60 The town centre of Blenheim was reduced to 30 km h in Aug 2014 A 30 km h zone was introduced in central Christchurch since Mar 2016 61 A series of neighborhood greenways in Christchurch have had 30 km h limits applied to them including Papanui Parallel Uni Cycle Quarrymans Trail Rapanui Shag Rock and Heathcote Expressway 62 A growing number of central city main streets in various New Zealand cities have been converted to 30 km h including Queen St Auckland Victoria St Hamilton and George St Dunedin The beachside area of Mt Maunganui in Tauranga has been 30 km h since Aug 2011 63 The city centre of Tauranga was also reduced to 30 km h in Oct 2018 64 In Auckland 30 km h speed limits were introduced in July 2017 for the Wynyard Quarter and Viaduct Harbour areas 65 References edit Elizabeth Press 2010 08 30 No Need for Speed 20 s Plenty for Us 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