Tacoma starts 2023 with lower speed limits

The city of Tacoma will usher in 2023 with lower speed limits, starting Sunday.

The speed limit on residential streets will drop from 25 to 20 mph.

The speed limit in four neighborhood business districts will lower from 30 mph to 25 mph, including 6th Avenue, Lincoln, McKinley Hill, and Old Town.

The January 1 change is part of Tacoma's latest Vision Zero Plan. The city says that approximately 80 people are killed or hurt by motor vehicles every year.

Tacoma's City Council passed its Vision Zero plan in 2020. The city has a goal to nix traffic deaths and injuries by 2035.