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City of Falcon Heights The City of Falcon Heights also adopted a city-wide speed limit. After analyzing past speed studies, the city concluded that they didn't have a speed issue. However, pressure from the council resulted in a speed limit change anyway. The engineering staff employed state statute Section 169.14, Subd. 2.7b., which allowed them to change their local streets to 25 mph without conducting an engineering study or establishing a process. The city installed regulatory speed limit signs at gateways and key entry points into the city. This approach was appealing to the city because it was an easy and inexpensive option. City of Shoreview The City of Shoreview has the taken the approach of leaving their speed limits the same. Shoreview, unlike St. Paul and Minneapolis, were developed much more recently so they have implemented design and layouts that are reflected in the speed limit that is posted. The staff collected traffic speeds around the city and found that the 85th percentile was in the 22-28 mph range. On top of the design factors, the City of Shoreview has a good deal of speed and crash data that reinforces the decision to keep their local speed limit 30 mph. The council also looked at the 2 other options of setting a city-wide speed limits or a category approach. On the advice of the engineering staff the council decided not to change any of the local speed limits. City of Edina Edina adopted a city-wide speed limit of 25 mph on local streets. This initiative is part of a comprehensive strategy to address speeding and pedestrian safety. It will complement other efforts including minimizing roadway widths, constructing new multi -modal infrastructure and improving pedestrian crossings where warranted. Seattle Department of Transportation: Speed Limit Case Studies Article Summary: The Seattle Department of Transportation evaluated how placing speed limit signs closer together and changing the speed limit together effect speeds. The SDOT evaluated 5 locations throughout Seattle. Before the change the speed limit was set to 30 mph and signs were spaced out 1 to 1.5 miles apart. At the new locations the speed was changed to 20 mph spaced at % mile intervals. The SDOT estimate that cost of the sign installation is about $4,000 to $5,000 per mile, this cost includes design, materials and labor. The results from the study showed that there was a significant reduction number of 40+ mph speeds. The next steps were to continue to implement the speed limit reduction and have new speeds limits done by May 2021. 26 Page 158 of 185