Mastodawn

This is big! The default speed limit in #Vancouver is being lowered from 50 km/h to 30 km/h on streets without a centre line. The vote took place last year; the roll-out is now happening in half a dozen neighbourhoods. #visionzero

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/25/vancouver-slower-speed-limits-six-neighbourhoods/

Vancouver rolls out slower speed limits in six neighbourhoods

The City of Vancouver began rolling out 30-kilometre-per-hour speed limits on residential streets in six neighbourhoods on Wednesday.

CityNews Vancouver

@straphanger Woohoo!

I suspect that the 30 signs in side streets will just remind drivers to keep it under 50. If you're serious about having drivers slow to literally 30, you need 15 km/h signs. :) Or else speed bumps. And no, no the fake Vancouver speed bumps that can be easily hit at 60 km/h; the sharp, jolty ones.

In some of the neighborhoods listed it is impractical to try to hit 50 km/h, regardless of whether that is within the posted limit. Like River District? That is just such a busy area, with four way stops, foot traffic, cars pulling into and out of parking, line ups for traffic lights onto Marine. The neighborhood is quite hemmed in and provides no meaningful shortcut. Going between Marine and N. Fraser Way via Sawmill, Rivergrass and E Kent Ave N, is going to be slower than just using Marine Way and Boundary.