A new report shows that Victoria's move to lower speed limits on select streets is not making streets safer yet.
The controversial move was made two years ago to lower the 50 kilometers limit to 40km on select streets and from 40km to 30km on others.
However, the report finds on average, cars aren’t slowing down to meet the new limits and collisions with bikes and pedestrians are up, slightly.
Mayor Lisa Helps says she isn't surprised with the report findings and compares it to recycling blue boxes.
“The blue box example is a good one. For those of us who grew up with blue boxes, we throw our cans in there, we know what recycling is because that’s what we grew up with. For the older generation before blue boxes it’s not kind of common sense. It takes a long time for it to become common sense again that streets are for everyone, not just cars.”
Staff at city hall is now recommending a few options including continuing to monitor and further enforce the lower limit areas and or installing speed reader boards.
Going back to the speed limits before the 2014 change is also an option.
The report will go before the committee of the whole on Thursday.