Would You Support A 20 MPH Speed Limit On Many Kensington-Windsor Terrace Blocks?

During a City Council meeting held two weeks ago on the topic of pedestrian safety, DOT Assistant Commissioner Kate Slevin explained to local politicians that while in general changes to speed limits on NYC’s residential streets must be passed at a state level, limits of 15-24 miles per hour can easily be enforced without legislature on blocks within 1/4 mile of a school.

WNYC has since mapped all of the blocks in New York that fall under that category–and as it turns out, 71% of Brooklyn streets and 55% of streets citywide qualify. In our area, that includes stretches of Caton, Church, and McDonald Avenues, as well as chunks of Ocean Parkway/the Prospect Expressway (although for all the great safety improvements coming our way, we don’t see 20mph happening there).

So, would you support putting a 20 MPH speed limit in effect over a huge portion of the neighborhood, or would it be more trouble than it’s worth?

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