Reader Jacob Wasserman caught the city in the act…the act of making streets safer for all road users that is. Wasserman snapped the picture on the right of the installation of a twenty five mile per hour speed limit sign at Colorado and 4th. The previous speed limit was 30 miles per hour.
The Colorado Ave. speed limit reduction extends all the way from Ocean Avenue to 17th street and is part of a series of limit reductions approved by the City Council in August of 2024. Last year, Santa Monica Next celebrated when the limits were reduced on Neilson Way.
Below is a full list of the limit reductions that were approved. If you see any others drop, snag a picture and let us know at damien@santamonicanext.org.
Reduction from 40 to 35 mph
1. Olympic Boulevard between 11th Street and Centinela Avenue
Reduction from 35 to 30 mph
2. Lincoln Boulevard between I-10 Freeway and Pico Boulevard
3. Ocean Park Boulevard between 23rd Street and Centinela Avenue
4. Pico Boulevard between Lincoln Boulevard and Centinela Avenue
Reduction from 30 to 25 mph
5. 2nd Street between Wilshire Boulevard and Colorado Avenue
6. 4th Street between Colorado Avenue and Pico Boulevard
7. 11th Street between San Vicente Boulevard and Marine Street
8. 14th Street between San Vicente Boulevard and Ashland Avenue
9. 20th Street between Wilshire and Pico boulevards
10. 26th Street between San Vicente and Cloverfield boulevards
11. Colorado Avenue between Ocean Avenue and 17th Street
12. Dewey Street between Robson Avenue and 23rd Street
13. Main Street between Colorado Avenue and Pico Boulevard
14. Marine Street between Lincoln Boulevard and 17th Street
15. Montana Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Stanford Street
16. Neilson Way between Pico Boulevard and Marine Street
17. Ocean Avenue between the north city limit and Pico Boulevard
18. Ocean Park Boulevard between Barnard Way and 23rd Street
19. Pico Boulevard between Appian Way and Lincoln Boulevard
20. Stewart Street between Colorado Avenue and Pico Boulevard
21. Wilshire Boulevard between Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard
Reduction from 25 to 20 mph
22. 6th Street between Pico Boulevard and Pier Avenue
23. 20th Street between Pico and Ocean Park boulevards
24. Appian Way between Pacific Coast Highway and Bay Street
25. Ashland Avenue between Neilson Way and Lincoln Boulevard
26. Barnard Way between Hollister Avenue and Neilson Way
27. California Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard
28. Michigan Avenue between Lincoln Boulevard and 19th Street — from 25 to 20 mph
29. Washington Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Stanford Street
Increase to 30 mph
1. California Avenue between Pacific Coast Highway and Ocean Avenue (also known as the California Incline) — from 25 mph
