A 15 mph speed limit will be implemented near more than three dozen schools after the resolution was adopted Friday at the Los Angeles City Council meeting.

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday, May 7, unanimously approved a proposal to reduce the speed limits from 25 miles per hour to 15 mph on 343 streets near 201 schools.

The Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution to implement a 15 mph speed limit on various streets near 45 schools in the city.

A Los Angeles City Council committee approved a report from the Department of Transportation seeking authority to implement a 15 mph speed limit around streets near 45 schools.

A Los Angeles City Council committee approved a report from the Department of Transportation seeking authority to implement a 15 mph speed limit around streets near 45 schools on Wednesday, June 14.

"In partnership with the City Council and Los Angeles Unified School District, we took action to make streets safer near schools and we will continue to do more to promote student safety," said a ...

New York and Michigan recently passed laws allowing local jurisdictions to lower speed limits, and Los Angeles voters backed safer road designs, but enforcement often meets political resistance. The ...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance into law that will drop speed limits in certain parts of the city by 5 mph.