The speed limit is not the problem with many accidents. What the city should do is require law enforcment to act on existing laws requiring drivers to be attentive while driving. Ticket people eating and driving, ticket people using cell phones and driving, ticket people with DUI's that are driving under the influence of drugs, ticket people who are multitasking while driving. The means are already in place if cities would act on them. The difference in 25 or 30 mph does not help to force drivers to pay attention. Change inattentive driveing laws to a primary law with higher fines so police can enforce them and do something about reckless inatentive drivers. Its time for the laws to make being in control of a vehicle a primary responsibility to the rights of driveing a vehicle. Inattentive driving is more severe and causes more accidents than drunk drivers have ever been involved in.

This is a cynical ploy to make more money off of non-city residents through speeding tickets. Traffic already slows to a crawl in many areas, such as Broadway, during rush hours. The real problem is inattentive drivers--mostly those on cell phones--ignoring pedestrian lanes, at intersections and in mid-block. Enforcement of existing laws would bring in revenues and enhance safety, without more costly "studies" of traffic minutiae.

Great, another reason not to travel downtown. This is nothing more than a revenue-generating ploy. Drivers already miss the drop to 30 mph from 35 at the edges of downtown, and SLC PD are more than happy to ticket those offenders.

Speed is not the problem. Look at the accidents... left turns, fail to yield, following too close. As far a Simonsen goes, why don't we simply prohibit cars from the downtown corridor?

I don't have a problem with lower speed limits. I do have a problem with unsynchronized traffic lights and I have a bigger problem with pedestrians who don't know how to use the crosswalks. Maybe accidents wouldn't happen at all if people had the common sense to use the crosswalks and not just walk or run out in traffic just because there happens to be a lull in traffic long enough for them to exploit it.

...If we all slowed down a little. Take a deep breath and realize that the fast and erratic driving you see so often only saves seconds in a normal trip. Is it worth risking your life or the lives of your passengers for seconds?

I have clocked Trax trains traveling at 30 MPH from stop to stop in the Central Business District. If we are going to reduce the speed limit for automobiles should we not also reduce the speed limit for the trains?