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]]>STATE MANDATED MIN. SPEED LIMIT:
Section 545.362 of the Texas Transportation Code sets the prima facie speed for an urban area at 30 mph.
There are two ways to deviate from the State minimum speed limit.
Reduction by Ordinance with a Traffic Study – a thorough engineering and traffic investigation must be conducted to evaluate the area where the proposed speed limit is located. If the findings of an engineering and traffic investigation determine a speed limit lower that he prima facie is warranted, a City ordinance can adopt the new speed limit.
Reduction by Ordinance without Traffic Study – a municipality may reduce the prima facie speed limit without a traffic study – to no less than 25 mph. This can only be done on undivided roadway, with less than four lanes, that are not included on the State highway system. Most city streets meet this criteria.
If a municipality declares a lower speed limit without a traffic study, then the city is required to “publish on its internet website and submit to the department a report that compares for each of the two pervious calendar years:
i. The number of traffic citations issued by peace officers of the municipality and the alleged speed for the vehicles, for speed limit violations;
ii. The number of warning citations issued by peace officers of the municipality; and
iii. The number of vehicular accidents that resulted in injury or death and were attributable to speed limit violations.
This information must be posted on the City’s website and submitted to TxDOT no later than February 1 of each year. The above documentation is required for all citations within the City.