Deadly Brooklyn roadway gets lower speed limit
"The time for change is now."
One of Brooklyn’s most dangerous roads, which saw six deaths last year, had its speed limit reduced on Tuesday as part of the mayor’s ambitious Vision Zero campaign to eliminate all traffic fatalities and injuries on the streets of the five boroughs.
The city’s Department of Transportation lowered the speed limit from 30 to 25 mph on Third Avenue (as well as Hamilton Avenue), bringing the two roadways in coherence with the citywide speed limit that’s been in place since 2014.
A reduction of just 5 mph may not seem like a lot, but it can make a significant difference in whether someone dies. A pedestrian is about 70 percent more likely to be killed if they are hit at 30 mph versus 25 mph, according to data from Brian Tefft, a researcher at the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.