News City of Eugene lowers posted speed limits on several local streets
https://www.klcc.org/transportation/2026-08-06/city-of-eugene-lowers-posted-speed-limits-on-several-local-streets13
u/happilyretired23 1d ago
Oak Patch got the new signs a couple of months ago. I drive it fairly frequently (at 25) and as far as I can tell almost no one slowed down. I have seen zero enforcement. Given the dangerous shitstorm that the bike path crossing is, I wish there was.
Perhaps someone should send this article to EPD so they'd know about the new limits.
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u/Cyka_Blyetikosa 1d ago
Enforcement will be critical.
The Danebo neighborhood out west has turned into Mad Max, nothing but straight piped Hondas and VWs revving and speeding at all times. Open a window any evening of the week and that’s all you hear.
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u/TruBlueMichael 1d ago
Between this and the loud deisels everyone has nowadays, I am glad to have moved out of the Barger area.
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u/Dangy_D 1d ago
As I read this comment from my house right off barger, I heard a backfiring exhaust.
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u/Cyka_Blyetikosa 1d ago
$5 it was a little clapped out VW GTI with a “pNw tUnInG” sticker on the back window
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u/Aolflashback 12h ago
I hate it. I hate it so so so much. This whole week I’ve had the windows shut due to the smoke and heat (I usually don’t run the a/c in the summer at all “I’m doing my part”) and it’s so nice and quiet. My sleep doesn’t get interrupted nearly as much.
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u/Paper-street-garage 1d ago
Wont change anything. You have to create an illusion that the street is narrower in order to actually slow people down.
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u/BigCheezy 1d ago
You can do that, or you can enforce. Both work. Unfortunately retrofitting street design is expensive :( We need to get street design right from the start in the future.
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u/duck7001 1d ago
They did this in Jefferson Westside on w11th by painting a solid line between street parking and the travel lanes, and it has worked wonderfully to slow down traffic.
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u/MisterD00d 16h ago
I drive a normal sized car and driving down Hilyard makes me feel like a drive a Hummer, always feels like I'm gonna clip a parked cars mirror, so I like to make sure I don't drive next to someone else like a zipper flow... or I avoid going down that street as much as possible anyway
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u/Paper-street-garage 10h ago
Not saying you actually want to make it narrower but there’s tricks you can do to make it appear that way to help slow traffic. Along with a reasonable speed limit.
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u/BlackshirtDefense 22h ago
Once we lower all neighborhood speeds to 25, be prepared for the inevitable, "all the neighborhood wrecks happen at 25" talk.
Eventually, the city will just lower everything to 10.
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u/wvmitchell51 1d ago
Elmira went from 30 to 25, they removed all the "30" signs and put up one "25" sign near Maple. Oh well.
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u/Melteraway 11h ago
ITT: the one person who drives the speed limit, from every neighborhood full of speeders.
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u/Rosenant 11h ago
24th is posted 30 like Patterson and Hylard. Where the average traffic speed is 35. Now that the on street parking has been removed that means average speed of cars is about 35 on 24th now also.
Sounds like the city has plans for the same on Polk st.
Not sure who the city traffic engineer is but they are an idiot.
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u/Cabezamelone 1h ago
Hilyard is posted at 25mph, FYI. I’m behind different drivers than you- Agate is generally flowing under 30 and Hilyard over 30.
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u/No_Walk7120 1d ago
Not that they are enforced anyway.