A peak cycling organisation has called for Brisbane’s CBD speed limits to be set at thirty kilometers an hour after several fatalities occurred in the previous months.
Bicycle Queensland chief executive Ann Savage has said that data supported the position, having lowered the cost of each crash involving a pedestrian by $30,000.
The Pedestrian Council has also called for speed limits in built-up areas to limited to thirty kilometers per hour.
Brisbane City Council lowered the CBD speed limits to forty kilometers an hour in 2009, and claims that since speed is not necessarily a factor in fatalities.