<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Peak bodies want to reduce the speed limit in Sydney CBD to 30km/h in a push for increased safety and to bring the city in line with other parts of the world.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Transport for NSW reduced the limit to 40km/h in the city more than five years ago, and the last remaining local roads were changed to reflect the new speed in July last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the authority encourages a 30km/h limit in high pedestrian areas, such as CBD zones and small suburban shopping strips, to support the state government's aim for zero fatalities on the roads.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/andrew-hastie-threatens-to-quit-opposition-over-net-zero-sussan-ley/742ccd5c-a039-4638-b80a-2c216277f329" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Senior Liberal frontbencher threatens to quit as he issues ultimatum</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Advocates say lowering the limit even further makes sense, with the CBD attracting high foot and vehicle traffic.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's the position of Transport for NSW that we should move to 30km/h zones in areas of high pedestrian activity," Pedestrian Council of Australia CEO Harold Scruby said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And we're doing it in places like the whole beachfront at Manly are now 30 and you get a much better environment, not just for safety, but you get more commerce because it's, it's much more inviting to shop."</span></div></div><div class="vote" data-has-voted="false" data-question-id="217bce59-a4b7-46cb-8f85-d73d2aa71e6b"><h2>Should the speed limit in the Sydney CBD be reduced to 30km/h?</h2><div class="vote__answer" data-id="0"><div class="vote__option" style="background-color:#0518C5"><input type="button" value="Yes"/></div></div><div class="vote__answer" data-id="1"><div class="vote__option" style="background-color:#D6001C"><input type="button" value="No"/></div></div><div class="vote__result"><div class="vote__result__text" style="color:#0518C5">Yes</div><div class="vote__result__bar-container"><span class="vote__result__bar" style="background-color:#0518C5;width:0%"></span><span class="vote__result__bar-text"></span></div><span class="vote__result__count">1</span></div><div class="vote__result"><div class="vote__result__text" style="color:#D6001C">No</div><div class="vote__result__bar-container"><span class="vote__result__bar" style="background-color:#D6001C;width:0%"></span><span class="vote__result__bar-text"></span></div><span class="vote__result__count">1</span></div><div class="vote__recaptcha" id="vote-recaptcha-217bce59-a4b7-46cb-8f85-d73d2aa71e6b"></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-cbd-push-to-reduce-speed-limit-to-30km/4c26b8b2-38f8-4baa-9fd9-058b09b5b427" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The reduced speed limit would also protect cyclists, Bicycle NSW CEO Peter McLean said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Vehicles and bicycles would be able to sort of coexist together at lower speeds," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You're reducing that differential significantly, which obviously increases safety, but in saying that, it doesn't really disadvantage drivers that much.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With parked cars and various other obstacles, and particularly during peak hours, cars aren't doing even 30km/h."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore formally requested that Transport for NSW reduce the speed to 30km/h in the CBD, where she says more than 92 per cent of trips are made on foot, but it refused. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-heraghty-super-retail-rebel-bcf-supercheap-auto/d35af5ef-29dd-4f7c-8290-9cedd70b7595" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Rebel, BCF, Supercheap Auto boss sacked over company relationship</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She says a lower speed limit would also bring Sydney in line with other parts of Australia and cities around the world. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is being implemented across Australia, from inner Melbourne to Manly and increasingly across NSW," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tokyo, London and Paris also have a 30km/h limit to make their cities safe, vibrant and economically competitive."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Transport for NSW reviews and assesses speed zones according to factors such as crash history, crash risk, road characteristics, road function, roadside development, traffic characteristics, at-risk locations and the presence of vulnerable road users.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But, it said, it had "no plans" to reduce the limit in the CBD.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Transport looks at each request on a case-by-case basis but has no plans to implement a 30km/h zone across Sydney's CBD," a Transport for NSW spokesperson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Transport for NSW declined to answer why it would not consider lowering the speed limit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Chris Minns last year dismissed the move, saying: "You could walk quicker than that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/springtime-sun-coming-for-australia/8b0867cf-ced0-4699-9339-b7e227722086" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Warning damaging winds will continue for multiple states and territories</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Advocates, however, argued that lowering the speed limit would be a win for everyone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It essentially protects all vulnerable road users, whether it's pedestrians or less-abled or bicycle users and everything in between, which is really, really good," McLean said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It'll make it much safer for everyone," Scruby said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Lowering the speed limit will ultimately reduce the risk for people walking or riding, who are more vulnerable to vehicles travelling at higher speeds," Moore said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Speed reduction is the quickest, most cost-effective and least inconvenient way of flattening the growth in injuries and deaths on our roads."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9news.com.au has contacted Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app 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