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Some downtown Lexington speed limits being lowered to increase safety for pedestrians, cyclists

From 35 mph to 25 mph

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 18, 2016) — Lexington is lowering speed limits on 21 downtown streets from 35 mph to 25 mph in an attempt to make the city safer for pedestrians and cyclists. In 2014 Lexington had 229 collisions between vehicles and pedestrians or cyclists, 164 of which occurred downtown.

ShowImage.aspx“If a pedestrian is struck by a vehicle at 25 mph, the fatality risk is 5 percent, whereas if a pedestrian is struck by a vehicle at 35 mph, the fatality risk is 45 percent and increases to 85 percent when the vehicle is traveling over 40 MPH,” said Dowell Hoskins-Squier, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Quality and Public Works. “The reduction in speed limit is all about pedestrian safety and decreasing injuries.”

About 158 speed limit signs will be installed by the end of April.

Roads affected are:

  • Bryan Avenue
  • Fourth Street
  • High Street
  • Jefferson Street
  • Loudon Avenue
  • Maple Avenue
  • Martin Luther King Blvd
  • Maxwell Street
  • N Limestone
  • Rose St/Elm Tree Lane
  • Second Street
  • Seventh Street
  • S Ashland Avenue
  • S Limestone
  • Third Street
  • Upper Street
  • Virginia Avenue
  • Waller/Cooper
  • Walton Avenue
  • W Sixth Street
  • Woodland Avenue