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<br />Major themes that arise from this nationwide review are: <br /> <br /> <br />. The sta~tory Hlow speed road" speed limit varies from 25 to 35 :M.PH in states <br />. across the nation. <br />. The roadway definition basis far low speed roads most commonly, but not <br />always, falls into one of two models: <br />. "Urban District," or other reference t6 a single geographic territory (this is <br />the Minnesataapproach),or > , <br />. establishment of two separate types of "low speed" geographic territories; <br />one area for "Business District" and one area for ~'Residence District." <br />.. A thitg. model, as adopted in California, Michigan and Oregon statute, is used <br />to esta.blish statutory zoning areas based on measurement of access points. <br /> <br />Ta.ble2~ 1 presents a summary of statutory speed limit methods across the country. <br /> <br />Table 2~1: Summary of Statuto~ Speed Limits.bv State <br />... ..... .. Number of States <br />Basis for Spe~d Limit 25 T\1PH 30 NIPH 35 MPH Unknown <br />"UrbanDistrict" defInition 2 10 1 ....... <br />"Busme$$ District" & "Residence District" 10 3 3 <br />definitions (speed is in both) ~~~ <br />same <br />"Business District" & IIResidence District" 4 1 <br />detinitions (speed differs, this is the Res. Speed) --~ <br />Misc./reneral/"'other" basis 4 1 1 --~ <br />Unblear'ornbne ... _lio_ --~ 10 <br />Tota.!' ... .. 20 15 5 10 <br />... <br /> <br />-/, <br /> <br />oil As of January 2008 <br /> <br />An element that enters into the discussion of speed limits in Minnesota, at least <br />amongst the citizenry, is that the four states surrounding Minnesota all have a <br />statutory 25 .MPH residential speed limit. Task force members related anecdotal <br />evidence in which new Minnesota reside11ts from surrounding states express surprise <br />and .disappointment at the statutory 30 .MPH limit. <br /> <br />2.2 Interviews with City Engineers <br /> <br />Atthe beginning of the study ,prior to the fIrst Task Force meeting, interviews were held <br />with two city engineers (who were also members of the Task Force) to oj,tl.1.in detailed <br />backgrou11don speed limit issues in their communities. The engineers were chosen to <br />represent two very diverse communities with different concerns regarding the issues to be <br />studied by MniDOT and the Task Force. <br /> <br />Thetvvo city engineers interviewed were those from St. Paul and Andover. <br /> <br />Page 5 <br /> <br />32 <br />