SM City Council - don't raise speed limits; we don't need drivers going faster!
Please take action to let the San Mateo City Council know that you oppose the proposal to increase speed limits on many streets in San Mateo. Speeding is already out of hand on our roads and we shouldn't encourage drivers to go any faster.
On Tuesday 9/22 at 7p (Zoom; in person), the City Council will consider a proposal to revise speed limits on San Mateo streets. This includes raising speed limits in 19 areas, including:- A 5 mph increase on Alameda adjacent to Aragon High and Baywood Elementary Schools. Note that just last week a driver hit and injured a child in the crosswalk on Alameda in front of Aragon.
- A 5 mph increase on Delaware near San Mateo High School, where a driver recently hit a family of three in the crosswalk, fracturing a child's skull and leaving the father in the ICU.
- Increasing speed limits to 50 mph on J Hart Clinton next to the Ryder Park Playground and Seal Point Park
- A 5 mph increase on Delaware adjacent to Sunnybrae Elementary and Nueva Upper Schools and the new Delaware Safe Routes to School corridor
- A 5 mph increase on Norfolk, a street with a terrible history of crashes and next to Parkside Montessori school
By clicking through, you can quickly email the City Council and let them know you oppose high speed limits on any streets in San Mateo.
Thanks for your help in keeping the streets of San Mateo slow and safe for all users.
Mike Swire, Seema Patel, Max Mautner, and Allison Felder
Move San Mateo