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Bellevue Slashes Speed Limits for Safer Streets | Seattle News
Bellevue’s neighborhoods are getting slower — the city is officially dropping speed limits from 25 to 20 mph, a move born from a two-year-old council vote aimed at cutting speeding and boosting safety. Signs are rolling out street by street, targeting the local roads that weave through communities and connect to major arteries — areas residents have long flagged as dangerous. Early tests, like in Eastgate, show promising results: a 19% drop in high-speed violations without adding more police. And this isn’t the end — Bellevue’s eyeing even bigger streets (currently 30+ mph) for potential…
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