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ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 15, 2024) — Speed limits are changing across Anaheim.
From now through August, we’ll be updating more than 500 signs with new speed limits.
You’ll want to make sure you’re reading speed limit signs and checking your speed as you drive in your neighborhood, around town or commuting through Anaheim.
Most speed limits are being lowered following a study that looked at how fast people actually drive on our streets.
We’re lowering speed limits to make our streets safer ¾ the faster the speed, the higher the risk of a severe crash with serious injuries or deaths.
No speed limits are going up as a result of the study, with others staying the same.
The changes are playing out across our city along all types of roads, including Harbor Boulevard, State College Boulevard, Brookhurst Street, Broadway, Weir Canyon Road, Kraemer Boulevard, Romneya Drive, Olive Street and many others.
You can see a complete list of changes at Anaheim.net/speedlimits.
Most of the new speed limits are going down by 5 mph, with a majority changing from 40 mph to 35 mph. Another 10 are going down by 10 mph.
One, a stretch of Manchester Avenue in The Anaheim Resort, is going down by 15 mph, going from 40 mph to 25 mph.
In all, 169 sections of road will see reduced speed limits with 158 remaining unchanged.
We’ll be changing out 368 existing speed limit signs and putting up 155 additional ones for enhanced visibility.
As new signs go up and we all get used to new speed limits, Anaheim Police will be helping us educate drivers with warnings.
During the transition, officers will use discretion with a goal of making everyone aware of and following speed limits on their own.
But new signs are never an excuse for excessive speeding and drivers going well above posted limits will still be ticketed.
And, no, we’re not changing speed limits to issue more tickets. Revenue from tickets is never our motivation.
What revenue Anaheim sees from tickets doesn’t cover the cost of officers, motorcycles, patrol cars, radar guns and all that goes into issuing tickets.
We never want to issue citations. But when we do, it is to keep everyone safe.
The lower limits are part of our ongoing work to make streets safe in Anaheim, where we have 600 miles of roadway.
Sadly, in 2023, we saw 21 deaths on our roads.
While we never want to see any roadway deaths, 2023’s figure was down 16 percent from a year earlier.
Across Anaheim, you’ll see our work to make our roads safer with protected left-turn lanes, high-visibility crosswalks, late-night traffic signals that stay red until someone drives up or vibrating grooves in roads protecting bike lanes.
In the weeks ahead, we’ll share more reminders about new speed limits as we roll out new signs.
Here’s how speed limits are changing by the numbers:
Signs
- 523: new signs with updated speed limits
- 368: existing signs being replaced
- 155: additional speed limit signs being added
Road sections
- 169: sections of road seeing reduced speed limits
- 155: sections of studied road with unchanged limits
Limits being reduced
- 154 sections: by 5 mph
- 10 sections: by 10 mph
- 1 section: by 15 mph
