Proposed Speed Limits

Tempe streets have evolved over the decades; becoming more multi-modal with significant changes to the land use and development adjacent to them. Different eras in Tempe resulted in varying speed limits on streets that may also have created variations in posted speed limits from one mile to the next. To support improved safety, recognize the transit, bicycle and pedestrian users of our streets, and better match the street speeds with the increasingly higher density character next to roads, the City is proposing some speed limit reductions in various corridors. The streets being explored include: Broadway, Guadalupe, Miller and McKellips Roads, Priest Drive, Roosevelt Street and Veterans Way/Fifth Street. More information can be found at tempe.gov/ProposedSpeedLimits 

Proposed Changes:

• Broadway Road: Reduce the 45 mph speed limit to 40 mph from Terrace Road to the east city limit. Addtionally, reduce the 45 mph speed limit to 40 mph from Priest Drive to the west city limit

• Priest Drive: Reduce the 45 mph speed limit to 40 mph from Alameda Drive to Baseline Road

• Guadalupe Road: Reduce the 45 mph speed limit to 40 mph from Kyrene Road to east city limit

• Miller Road: Reduce the 35 mph speed limit to 30 mph from the north city limit to Curry Road

• McKellips Road: Reduce the 40 mph speed limit to 35 mph from College Avenue to Scottsdale Road

• Roosevelt Street: Reduce the 35 mph speed limit to 30mph from Broadway Road to Southern Avenue

• Veterans Way/Fifth Street: Reduce the 30 mph speed limit to 25 mph from University Drive to Farmer Avenue