Opinion: Science backs the safety of 30-km/h limits

City council will vote this week on whether to calm roadway speeds in playground zones. Some will portray this as a decision that could increase commute times, gridlock or as yet more evidence of council’s so-called war on the car. This vote is none of these things. It is instead a vote to determine how much our council values life.
In June, a four-year-old Edmonton boy named Parker died when the driver of a car struck him on a residential street. That this boy died on a such a street wher