Yesterday Texas State Representative Celia Israel called for passage of the Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill (HB 1368). She was joined by Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Fort Worth Council Member Ann Zadeh, and Houston Public Works and Engineering Department Deputy Director Jeff Weatherford, as well as Representative Helen Giddings, who said that she would be the first co-sponsor of the bill.
The Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill would lower the default speed limit in Texas urban areas from 30 miles per hour to 25 mph. The new limit would apply unless posted signs marked a different speed limit. In practice, the bill would affect local residential neighborhood streets.
