The City of West Hollywood is in the process of reducing speed limits on most major streets from 35 miles per hour (mph) to 30 mph, on some smaller commercial streets from 30 mph to 25 mph, and on narrow residential streets from 25 mph to 20 mph. The City is carrying out these changes as part of its WeHo Target Vision Zero Action Plan commitment to work towards eliminating fatal and severe crashes on City roadways. These reductions were enabled by Assembly Bill (AB) 43, a new state law allowing cities to set more context-appropriate speed limits. New speed limit signage is in the process of being installed, and new speed limits will be enforced concurrent with posted signage updates.

Data from the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) shows that a person hit by a car traveling at 35 mph is five times more likely to die than a person hit by a car traveling at 20 mph and that a 1 mph reduction in vehicle operating speeds can result in a 17% decrease in fatal crashes.  

Speed limits in California are governed by the California Vehicle Code (CVC), which states that an Engineering and Traffic Survey (E&TS) must justify the speed limit on all streets other than local streets if enforcement of the speed limit involves using radar or any other electronic device. Based on the provisions of AB 43, the City of West Hollywood recently retained a traffic engineering consulting firm to reanalyze the data from the City’s 2023 E&TS and make recommendations to designate certain roadways as Safety Corridors, High Pedestrian and Bicycle Activity Corridors, or Business Activity Districts to enable modest further reductions in accordance with the updates to state law.

The resulting Speed Limit Reduction Recommendation Report was presented to the West Hollywood City Council at its meeting on January 21, 2025. The City Council approved the recommended reductions and related municipal code changes and roadway designations to enable the changes under state law. Additional speed limit reductions on narrow residential streets were approved at the West Hollywood City Council meeting on July 7, 2025. Overall, speed limits will be reduced on a total of 28 street segments as detailed in the charts and map below. 

New 30 mph Speed Limit

*Reduced speed limits on Doheny Drive are pending consideration by the City of Beverly Hills, which has jurisdiction over the roadway’s western side/southbound lane.

New 25 mph Speed Limit

New 20mph Speed Limit

Map of WeHo Target Vision Zero Speed Limit Reductions

Significant funding for implementation of the City’s WeHo Target Vision Zero Action Plan, including for updated speed limit signage and installation, comes from the California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities. 

For more information, please contact Richard Garland, City of West Hollywood Principal Traffic Engineer, at (323) 848-6457 or at rgarland@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing dial 711 or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY) or 1-800-735-2922 (voice) for California Relay Service (CRS) assistance.

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