{"id":5113,"date":"2016-06-13T15:53:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T19:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=5113"},"modified":"2016-06-13T15:53:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T19:53:40","slug":"legislation-impacting-speed-limits-passes-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2016\/06\/13\/legislation-impacting-speed-limits-passes-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislation Impacting Speed Limits Passes the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prior to leaving for summer break the House passed five bills, HB 4423<\/a>, 4424<\/a>, 4425<\/a>, 4426<\/a>, and 4427<\/a>, that would impact speed limits in Michigan<\/p>\n

These bills when first introduce would have required that speed limits be set at the 85th percentile of speed. Fundamentally, we believe that all users of the roadway should be taken into account when setting a speed limit. Setting speeds strictly at the 85th percentile completely neglects taking the context of the roadway, the surrounding environment, pedestrian traffic (walking or biking), transit, or the views and needs of the community into account.<\/p>\n

After months of negotiations with the sponsor all of the restrictive language was removed. The 85th percentile of speed still needs to be considered when setting speed limits but additional language was added to ensure that engineering and safety studies could be included as a way to adjust speeds for context.<\/p>\n

Each community is best suited to understand local conditions that place children, the disabled, seniors and other vulnerable roadway users in harm\u2019s way, and we support our communities efforts and ability to provide a safe and inviting environment. The League supports the changes to the legislation and we will be working hard in the Senate to maintain and preserve local control.<\/p>\n

John LaMacchia is the Assistant Director of State Affairs for the League handling transportation, infrastructure, energy and environment issues. He can be reached at jlamacchia@mml.org or 517-908-0303.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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