The county Board of Supervisors has supported a plan to reduce speed limits on nearly 36.5 miles of road by five miles per hour. The plan will also reduce the speed limit on two sections of roadway by 10 miles per hour.
California Assembly Bill 43 (AB 43) provides cities with more flexibility when establishing speed limits in business and residential districts.
AB 43 allows for reducing speed limits after considering the safety, land uses, and concentration levels of bicyclists and pedestrians, especially those from vulnerable groups like children, seniors, and people with disabilities.
AB43 also allows lowered speed limits on sections of roadways in a business activity district.
County areas with roads that qualify for a five mile per hour-speed limit reduction under AB 43 include Orcutt; Alamo Pintado in Santa Ynez; the Eastern Goleta Valley; and Via Real between Summerland and Carpinteria.
Following are roads where speed limit is being lowered:
• First District
◦ Mission Canyon Road from Santa Barbara City Limits to State Route 192
◦ San Ysidro Road from State Route 192 to Jameson Lane North
◦ Sheffield Drive from Jameson Lane North to State Route 192
◦ Via Real from 800 feet west of Toro Canyon Road to Carpinteria City Limits
• Second District
◦ Modoc Road from Via Senda to City of Santa Barbara (from 50 mph to 40 mph)
◦ Calle Real from San Marcos Road to Old Mill Road
◦ Camino Corto from El Colegio to Abrego Road
◦ Cathedral Oaks Road from the Goleta City Limits to Turnpike Road
◦ El Colegio Road from Storke Road to the UC Santa Barbara boundary
◦ Hollister Avenue from the Goleta City Limit to Modoc Road
◦ Las Palmas Drive from Via Senda to Via Benita
◦ Marina Drive from Roble Drive to the Santa Barbara City Limits
◦ Modoc Road from Encore Drive (east) to Via Senda
◦ Nogal Drive from Vieja Drive to Hollister Avenue
◦ Patterson Avenue from Shoreline Drive and the Goleta City Limits
◦ Patterson Avenue from the Goleta City Limits to Cathedral Oaks Road
◦ San Marcos Road from Calle Real to Cathedral Oaks
◦ State Street from Modoc Road to the Santa Barbara City Limits
• ◦ Turnpike Road from Hollister Avenue to Cathedral Oaks Road
• Third District
◦ Los Olivos Elementary School (Alamo Pintado Avenue – from 25 mph to 15 mph)
◦ Alamo Pintado Road from the Solvang City Limits to Santa Barbara Avenue
◦ Edison Street from Tivola Street to 200 feet north of Baseline Avenue
◦ San Miguelito Road from Lompoc City Limit to 8722 feet south of the Lompoc City Limit
◦ Santa Barbara Avenue from Alamo Pintado Road to Alamo Pintado Avenue
• Fourth District
◦ Bradley Road from Santa Maria Way to Patterson Road
◦ Broadway from Rice Ranch Road to California Boulevard
◦ California Boulevard from Broadway to Santa Maria City Limits
◦ Clark Avenue from State Route 1 to El Portal Street
◦ Lakeview Road from Orcutt Road to Bradley Road
◦ Orcutt Road from Lakeview Road to Rice Ranch Road
◦ Rice Ranch Road from Broadway to Bradley Road
◦ Rucker Road from Purisima Road to Calle Lindero
◦ Union Valley Parkway from Bradley Road to U.S. 101 Northbound Ramps
A map with the full list of roads can be found at https://bit.ly/SBCSpeedLimit2024.