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Poll: Should the Arroyo Seco Parkway Speed Limit be Lowered?

Caltrans is proposing to drop the speed limit from 55 mph to 45. Thoughts?

Patch readers have long discussed how to

"Why don't we reduce the speed limit to 45?" Gloria Guerin commented on Patch last September following the tragic fatality of  who burned to death in a vehicle that was rear-ended on the Arroyo Seco Parkway. 

Caltrans seems to be listening. 

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As a result , Caltrans has announced a plan to lower the speed limit of the 8-mile stretch from Pasadena to the Interstate-5 interchange from 55 mph to 45, according to ABC

Patch Asks: What do you think? Would lowering the speed limit lesson rush hour traffic and prevent accidents? What do you feel is the proper solution? 

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