New York City will reduce speed limits around over 800 public school locations to 15 miles per hour by the end of this year in a bid to make streets safer for children across the five boroughs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Monday.
The mayor, during a March 16 press conference at Queens’ Flushing International High School, said the Department of Transportation (DOT) will proceed with lowering the speed limit to 15 mph at the 700 school locations where it currently stands at 20 mph. Additionally, he said the DOT will do the same at 100 school zones with 25 mph speed limits.
