{"id":428594,"date":"2026-08-10T06:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428594\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:26:08","slug":"san-diego-lowers-speed-limits-adds-signs-around-schools-as-students-return-to-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428594\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego lowers speed limits, adds signs around schools as students return to class"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of San Diego is rolling out changes aimed at making school zones safer as the new school year begins.<\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 More than 100,000 San Diego students are heading back to school Monday, and drivers will see new signs and lower speed limits around some campuses.<\/p>\n

The City of San Diego is rolling out changes aimed at making school zones safer as the new school year begins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do need people to slow down and be extra vigilant on Monday as our kids show up to school,\u201d said Manny Del Toro, assistant chief with San Diego Unified School Police.<\/p>\n


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The effort comes after sixth grader Andrew Olsen<\/a> was killed while walking to school last year.<\/p>\n

New, lower speed limits and additional signage are part of the city’s plan. Recent changes to California law<\/a> give cities more flexibility to lower speed limits based on safety.<\/p>\n

In some school zones, San Diego will lower speeds to 15 or 20 miles per hour within 500 feet of a school. Nearby streets will have speed limits of 25 miles per hour.<\/p>\n

The city began installing the new signs in July, starting in San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Nestor, Skyline and Paradise Hills. More than 40 schools in those areas are expected to receive new signs.<\/p>\n

Signs are already posted around Porter Elementary in Lincoln Park.<\/p>\n

Geneva, who attends church nearby, said lowering speeds in the area could help drivers pay more attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re trying to make the light or even people that go here sometimes are not aware that they’re going a little fast, so maybe a little extra signage might help,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Her son, Josiah, is about to start first grade at another school. Geneva said the signs can serve as another reminder for drivers to watch for children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that they see it and they follow it because kids nowadays, kids just like to run,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The city said it will continue the rollout in August, moving to schools in downtown, Barrio Logan and Southeast San Diego.<\/p>\n

The lower speed limits will eventually expand beyond school zones to some business districts, safety corridors and areas with high pedestrian and cyclist traffic.<\/p>\n

Sign installation will begin in the southern part of the city and move north, with the project expected to be completed by mid-2027.<\/p>\n

City officials said lower speed limits are only one part of the effort. The city also plans to look at traffic calming, education and enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cStandard, common sense stuff is going to be to if you see kids around, slow down. Near a school zone, slow down,\u201d Del Toro said. \u201cAnd in general, you don’t want to go through any residential area faster than 25 at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of San Diego is rolling out changes aimed at making school zones safer as the new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-428594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}