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What should the residential speed limit be?

Context:

In November 2020, city council approved lowering the default residential speed limit from 50 km/h to 40 km/h as of Aug. 6. Paths for People has argued that 30 km/h would be better to decrease the severity of collisions. A community group also proposed lowering the residential speed limit to 30 km/h at least in the Core Zone, which includes Edmonton's mature neighbourhoods. Opponents of lowering speed limits cited motorists' lost time and the costs of enforcement measures.


Candidate responses

A total of 67 candidates have responded to the survey. Here's how they answered this question:

a) 30 km/h

Candidates that selected this response:

b) 40 km/h

Candidates that selected this response:

c) 50 km/h

Candidates that selected this response:

d) I don't have a position on this issue

Candidates that selected this response:

Candidates that skipped this question:


Voter responses

Based on more than 16,000 responses received as of Oct. 14, here's how voters answered this question:

Overall

By ward

Note: Taproot excluded surveys with fewer than two answers from these results. It was possible for voters to fill out the survey multiple times, but unlikely at a large scale given the structure of the survey. Voters were not able to select "I don't have a position on this issue".


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