Cycling advocates and government officials touted some big new ideas to make streets safer Thursday during the 2024 California Bicycle Summit, which downtown San Diego is hosting this week. The ideas included cameras that can ticket speeding vehicles without a police officer present, a new state law making it easier for cities to reduce speed limits and technology limiting the speeds of vehicles driven by city workers.
senior regional planner. The second map shows locations that have the most risk factors that typically predict crashes — such as number of lanes and proximity to apartment complexes or commercial districts. Sanford said the agency is also gathering public input, including with an online survey where nearly 3,000 people singled out potentially dangerous intersections. He said that tool could be valuable to help cities discover problem areas that city officials aren't aware of.
also included input from community-based organizations familiar with the needs of different groups of residents that government agencies struggle to reach. Sanford said ensures drivers of the six vehicles his agency owns always obey speed limits with a technology called speed management. If local cities and school districts follow suit, it could boost safety, he said. 'On a large enough scale, it could have a big impact,' he said. 'There are probably close to 100,000 vehicles in this county. If they had active speed management in their vehicles, we would see a critical mass of vehicles actually driving the speed limit.