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From YouTube: March 12, 2020 Slower is safer! press conference
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Speed Limit press conference
A
Good
morning
my
name
is
Jacob.
Frye
I
am
the
mayor
of
Minneapolis,
and
we
are
here
today
at
the
border
of
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul,
because
when
these
two
cities
join
forces,
when
we
work
towards
a
common
cause
with
a
big
vision,
we
can
get
a
whole
lot
done.
And
this
is
a
big
win
in
this
case
for
local
control
and
reducing
speed
limits.
And
there
is
no
issue
that
is
more
local
than
managing
our
city
streets,
managing
the
width
of
our
city
streets.
A
A
Want
to
thank
the
the
authors
of
this
particular
legislation
that
gave
us
the
local
ability
to
set
our
own
speed
limits.
I
want
to
thank
governor
walls.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
city
council
members
behind
me,
I'm
going
to
be
mentioning
the
Minneapolis
City,
Council
members
and
then
council,
president
Brent
Moen
will
be
mentioning
the
st.
A
Paul
city
council,
members,
but
I
know:
we've
got
our
council
president
bender
who's
been
a
champion
of
this
for
quite
some
time:
council
members,
Gordon
and
councilmembers
Fletcher
and
councilmembers
schraeder,
who
have
also
joined
us,
and
my
left.
We've
got
council
member
Reich
as
well.
So
as
you
can
see,
there
is
a
lot
of
unity
in
this
vision.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
this
is
yes,
it's
a
big
win
for
local
control,
but
perhaps
more
importantly,
on
this
issue.
It's
a
big
win
for
families.
A
So
I
want
to
thank
all
the
officials
who
have
made
this
possible
mayor
Carter,
who
could
not
be
here
with
us
today
as
I'm
sure,
as
you
may
have
heard,
he
just
had
a
baby
added
another
family
member
that
will
also
feel
safe
on
these
streets.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
council
members
I
just
mentioned.
I
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
as
well
to
our
Director
of
Public,
Works,
Robin,
Hutchison
I
know
that
she's
been
at
it
for
quite
some
time
with
this
with
this
big
plan,
and
you
know,
as
I
mentioned.
A
This
is
this:
is
the
Twin
Cities
working
together,
council
members,
mayor's
city
planners
and
directors
and
in
this
case,
people
who
got
the
job
done
and
so
I
would
like
to
call
up
next.
The
Council
of
Presidents
of
st.
Paul
council
president
Amy
Amy
Bren
Moen,
and
also
want
to
mention
latisha
Vita,
has
joined
us
as
well.
A
big
advocate
of
pedestrian
tennis,
but
without
further
ado
council
president
Amy
grandma.
B
B
I
know
all
my
colleagues
would
love
to
have
been
here,
but
some
are
less
Hardy
than
others.
Our
chief
resiliency
officer,
Russ
Stark,
is
in
the
crowd
to
look
for
the
rainbow
umbrella.
We
have
a
lot
of
speakers
today,
so
I'm
going
to
just
say
two
things.
First
of
all
over
the
past,
since
the
1950s
city
engineers
have
worked
really
hard
to
make
the
streets
super
safe
for
cars
and
trucks,
to
move
really
fast
around
our
cities
to
get
from
point
A
to
point
B,
efficiently
and
well.
B
That
is
good
for
getting
cars
and
goods
from
point
A
to
point
B.
What
happened
in
the
this
is
they
kind
of
forgot
about
people,
and
people
need
to
be
in
the
center
of
planning
for
our
streets.
We
are,
and
in
the
past
decade
we've
really
in
a
little
bit
longer
than
that.
We
slowly
but
steadily,
and
some
people
here
would
say
too
slowly.
B
But
today
we
are
unveiling
a
radical
move
that
is
going
to
change
the
way
our
streets
feel,
and
that
is
reducing
our
speed
limits
to
25
and
20.
The
second
thing,
I
want
to
say,
is
I've
been
practicing
driving,
25
and
20
at
late
at
night,
when
there's
no
other
cars
on
the
road
and
I
gotta
tell
you,
it
feels
really
different.
I
mean
it's,
it's
a
lot
slower
and
you
really
get
a
different
sense
of
like
the
streetscape
in
people,
but
it's
different.
B
Those
five
miles
in
10
miles
an
hour
naked,
big
change,
so
I'm
delighted
that
we're
partnering
with
the
city
of
Minneapolis
to
do
this
as
a
group
effort,
because
it's
gonna
require
us
all
to
think
and
act
differently
and
it's
an
exciting
time.
I'm,
looking
forward
to
that
the
the
next
few
months
as
we
roll
this
out
in
practice,
our
new
behaviors
and
put
people
back
in
the
middle
of
our
street
design
where
they
belong.
B
So
thanks
for
being
here
and
thanks
for
all
the
advocates
in
the
crowd
and
the
coalition
folks
who
really
have
made
this
possible
and
push
to
make
it
happen.
I
have
the
honor
of
introducing
officially
Robin
Hutchison
and
the
public
works
director
from
Minneapolis
and
Paul
Kurtz
as
well
from
the
city
of
st.
Paul.
Welcome.
B
D
It's
nice
to
go
down
for
me
good
morning.
I
am
so
pleased
to
be
here.
It's
an
exciting
day
for
the
public
works
departments
and
both
cities
of
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
I'm
joined
by
Paul
Kurtz.
The
interim
public
works
director
and
city
engineer
and
I
am
the
public
works
director
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
st.
Paul
Minneapolis,
and
we
have
a
slightly
unconventional
order
of
speaking
today
because
we
were
afraid
to
make
you
all
wait
for
the
announcement
and
the
details.
D
So
without
further
ado,
I
am
here
to
tell
you
exactly
what
it
is
we're
going
to
be
doing
following
enabling
legislation.
As
the
mayor
noted
past
in
2019
and
after
a
thorough
engineering
analysis,
the
cities
of
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
will
begin
reducing
speed
limits
citywide.
We
begin
that
process
today.
D
C
D
D
73%
of
pedestrians
will
suffer
a
severe
injury
of
hit
by
a
vehicle
at
40
miles
an
hour,
the
faster
the
speed,
the
more
severe
the
injury
we
have
a
goal
of
eliminating
death
and
sick.
Your
injury
on
our
streets
by
2030
also
called
the
city's
minneapolis
vision.
Zero
initiative.
St.
paul,
has
an
equally
important
and
robust
safety
program
to
eliminate
serious
injury
and
death
on
our
streets
related
to
all
the
ways.
People
travel
on
our
streets,
and
this
is
one
of
the
most
important
steps
we
can
take
for
safety.
D
So
here's
what
you
can
expect
next,
we
are
going
to
start
the
process
of
signing
the
arterial
streets
beginning
today.
That
is
our
first
step
in
the
process.
This
is
not
an
overnight
change
and
you
can
expect
us
to
roll
through
each
of
the
neighborhoods
of
the
cities
over
the
next
five
or
six
months.
As
we
complete
this
change,
we
will
then
be
placing
gateway
signs
at
the
entrances
to
st.
Paul
and
Minneapolis
that
will
instruct
drivers
that
on
residential
streets,
the
speed
limit
is
now
twenty
miles
an
hour.
D
And
then
most
important
to
me,
too,
is
to
take
an
opportunity
to
recognize
the
amazing
brain
power
behind
making
not
just
making
this
change
but
making
it
so
quickly
and
I
know.
People
have
been
waiting
for
this
and
I
got
in
the
tweets
that
have
said
what
is
taking
you
so
long,
but
we
have
made
this
change
very
quickly
and
it's
because
of
our
talented
staff,
people
and
I'm
gonna
call
out
staff
from
both
cities.
Please
raise
your
hand
without
you.
This
doesn't
happen.
D
I'm
gonna,
start
with
city,
engineer,
Brian,
Dodds,
city
of
Minneapolis,
great
job,
our
chief
traffic
operations,
engineer,
Steve,
mosey,
who's,
standing
right
next
to
traffic
engineer,
Alan,
Klugman
and
Ethan
folly
our
vision,
zero
coordinator,
who
had
the
idea
to
make
these
signs
has
been
keeping
us
all
moving
along
at
the
pace.
We
are
so
thank
you
so
much
to
the
Minneapolis
staff
and
from
st.
Paul
Paul
Kurtz,
who
has
is
doing
double-duty,
City
Engineer
interim
public
works
director
and
was
the
city
of
st.
Paul's
lead
on
this
effort.
D
So
many
others,
our
teams
met
it
started
off
in
monthly,
I
went
to
pretty
much
weekly
and
then
it
just
went
to
like
daily
phone
calls
so
great
work
together
without
any
more
further
ado.
One
of
the
strongest
leaders
I
know
in
this
space
of
making
streets
safer
and
making
streets
for
people
I
am
so
pleased
to
introduce
our
city
council
president
Lisa
bender.
C
C
The
what
from
dr.
Hutchison
a
real
champion,
we're
so
lucky
to
have
her.
We
stole
her
from
Salt
Lake
City,
because
we
wanted
to
be
serious
about
making
our
streets
safer,
and
there
are
so
many
reasons
we
are
doing
that
you
know
when
we
get
to
these
turning
points
and
I
see
all
of
my
friends
in
the
crowd.
Who've
been
working
for
so
many
years
to
make
these
things
possible.
I
get
really
emotional.
C
I
think
it
is
easy
to
believe
right
now
that
it
that
you
know
it's
there's
so
many
ways
that
the
world
is
telling
us
that
people
can't
make
a
difference
in
their
communities
and
they
are
wrong
because
a
small
group
of
people
getting
together
and
fighting
for
change
can
make
a
difference,
and
this
difference
reducing
our
speed
limits
in
Minneapolis
and
st.
Paul
will
save
lives.
C
We
know
that
speed
kills
and
today
we
are
saying
we
are
taking
decisive
action
to
save
lives
in
our
streets.
20
is
plenty
everyone
should
slow
down,
you'll
get
where
you
need
to
go
and
with
all
of
our
communities
will
be
safer
and
better
for
it.
So
thank
you
so
much
to
everyone,
who's
built.
The
support
to
bring
us
here
for.
E
F
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Well,
well,
I've
got
a
microphone.
We've
got
signs
and
you've
got
slogans.
Let's
use
them
20
years,
20
years
so
is
summer
is
thank
you.
Thank
you.
That's
always
fun.
Well,
I
think
what
was
touched
on
was
the
most
important
point.
We
are
here
because
you
folks
the
advocates
and
the
citizens
demanded
this.
You
pointed
it
out.
This
is
important
to
you
and
your
neighbors
and
you
said,
make
it
happen
and,
as
Robin
Hutchinson
mentioned,
you
said
make
it
happen
fast.
F
That's
when
slower
is
not
better
and
so,
and
so
here
we
are,
but
that's
not
the
only
place
where
this
plan
comes
from.
It
comes
from
our
promise
to
you
when
we
created
a
Complete
Streets
policy
that
the
most
vulnerable
in
our
right
away
will
be
thought
of.
First
and
now
we
thought
at
first
but
plan
for
first
policy
will
be
put
in
place
for
those
people
first,
and
that
is
what
we
have
here.
It's
a
it's
a
promise
fulfilled
by
one
step
and
we'll
do
many
more
to
make
this
move
forward.
F
Another
thing
where
it
comes
from
and
it's
been
mentioned-
the
staff
really
dug
into
the
data.
This
wasn't
some
arbitrary
wish.
This
was
data-driven
decision-making.
This
is
a
policy
that
says
not
only
would
it
be
safer
but
we're
gonna
reconfigure
our
streets
thoughtfully
intentionally,
which
will
actually
have
a
counterintuitive
benefit.
There
will
be
better
flow.
People
will
move
around
better
in
all
modes.
It's
not
a
trade-off
when
you
plan
right.
That
is
the
essence
of
planning.
You
take
things
that
intuitively
would
be
contradictory
to
each
other,
but
with
good
planning.
F
You
make
them
work
in
conjunction
and
that's
what
we
have
based
on
the
good
work,
so
advocacy
planning
results.
I
cannot
wait
to
see
the
people
who
actually
go
to
school,
those
kids
with
those
little
flags.
How
happy
they're
gonna
be
that
the
streets
are
gonna,
be
that
much
safer.
That's
what
this
is
about.
Thank
you
very
much
and
all
who
came.
G
Good
morning,
everyone,
my
name-
is
Mary
McGovern
I'm,
president
of
the
Minneapolis
high-rise
representative,
councillor
and
I've
served
on
vision,
zero,
Advisory,
Committee,
developing
detailed
panto
and
eliminate
all
traffic
deaths
by
2027
as
we
get
older,
our
reflexes
are
slower
and
we
meet
and
we
move
more
slowly.
So
it's
very
important
to
us
that
our
streets
are
safe
to
cross
and
that
the
needs
of
our
seniors
and
persons
with
disabilities
are
prioritized
and
plans
are
made
for
safer
streets
and
more
walkable
City.
We
are
excited
for
this
change
on
city
streets.
G
We
also
hope
we'll
see
lower
speed
limits
in
the
near
future
on
our
counties.
Our
County
and
Street
roads
to
as
many
public
housing
residents
live
on
these
roads.
We're
glad
that
the
city
vision,
zero
plan
has
knowledged
that
important
next
step
for
improving
safety.
A
resident
leader
leader
from
North
Minneapolis
is
very
much
on
our
minds.
She
was
crossing
Lyndale
Avenue
on
your
motorized
scooter
and
was
a
victim
of
a
hit
and
run
accident.
She
was
hospitalized
for
a
long,
long
time
and
spent
months
and
rehabilitation.
C
G
D
H
Morning,
my
name
is
Thomas
Mohammed
I'm
vice
presidential,
my
oppas
high
representative
council
I
have
been
a
member
of
me
apples,
but
it's
Terry
on
Advisory
Committee
for
the
past
four
years.
I
am
very
happy
to
be
here
today
to
help
you
welcome
new,
lower
speed
limits
for
city
states
in
Minneapolis,
mostly
public
housing
residents
are
seniors
and
may
have
disability.
Mostly,
we
don't
have
cars
and,
depending
on
walking
and
transit
to
get
around.
So
it's
very
important
to
us
that
the
states
are
saying
to
cross
a
Singers.
H
It
takes
us
long
to
cut
across
the
streets.
We
know,
and
we
know
that
if
we
get
hit
by
a
car
going
30
or
40
miles
per
hour,
we
are
much
much
more
likely
to
die
or
be
severely
injured,
and
so
we
sometimes
we
don't
go
out
walking
as
much
as
we
would
like
to.
Our
fellow
residents
have
told
us
that
cars
go
too
fast
and
we
have
been
advocating
for
long
for
long
speed
limits
for
long
time.
I
am
glad
to
be
reported
at
the
city
listening
and
took
action.
Thank
you.
E
I'm,
the
last
person
so
soon
you'll
be
able
to
go
somewhere
dry.
My
name
is
barb
foam
and
I'm.
A
longtime
advocate
for
safer
streets,
I
live
in
st.
Paul.
I
also
want
to
join
in
in
thanking
the
legislative
advocates,
the
legislature
and
both
cities
and
their
public
works
department
for
taking
advantage
of
this
wonderful
opportunity.
E
Momentum
for
changing
speed
limits
has
been
building
for
a
long
time
in
2003
transit
for
livable
communities,
which
is
now
move,
Minnesota
recommended
lower
speed
limits,
our
streets,
Minneapolis,
the
bicycle
alliance
of
Minnesota,
the
st.
Paul
bicycle
coalition,
the
Northstar
chapter
of
the
Sierra
Club
they've
all
been
great
advocates
for
safer
streets
and
lower
speeds.
Over
the
last
20
years,
I've
been
to
hundreds
of
community
meetings,
as
most
of
you
probably
have
too,
where
residents
are
calling
for
slower
traffic
and
safer
speeds.
E
E
E
Finally,
residential
street
speeds
of
20
rather
than
30,
will
change
the
feel
of
our
streets
and
will
make
our
neighborhoods
feel
more
neighborly.
So
in
closing,
lower
speed
limits
are
another
key
step
in
moving
our
cities
toward
a
more
equitable,
safer
and
environmentally
sound
transportation
system.
So
now,
drumroll.