Oakland begins installing 15 mph limit signs near schools in bid to reduce deadly crashes

The city of Oakland has installed its first 15 mph school speed limit signs outside of Garfield Elementary School, part of the citywide Safe Oakland Streets initiative’s efforts to prevent fatal traffic crashes on the city’s streets.

City leaders, school officials and community members gathered earlier this month to celebrate the installation of the speed signs, which now appear on Foothill Boulevard, 22nd Avenue, and 23rd Avenue. All three streets are on the city’s High Injury Network, a record of streets that account for more than 60 percent of severe crashes in Oakland.