Question of the Day: Should Albany Allow Long Beach to Reduce Speed Limit?

The Long Beach City Council voted on June 7 to have the city seek the required permission from the state Legislature and Assembly to reduce the maximum speed limit to 15 miles per hour on streets in the Presidents Streets neighborhood: Cleveland, Harding, Mitchell, Belmont, Atlantic, Coolidge, Wilson and Taft avenues.

While in years past the city had moved successfully to reduce speed limits in both the West End and Canals neighborhoods, its efforts to take the same action for the President Streets was not approved by the legislature in 2005.

Answer this question in the comments: Do you have confidence that the state Legislature will approve this reduction in speed on the Presidents Streets — and should it?