Councilmember Raman Funds Speed Mitigation Measures On Hyperion Avenue In Silver Lake

For Immediate Release: April 10,  2024

Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council adopted a motion introduced by Councilmember Nithya Raman to fund the construction of four speed tables along Hyperion Ave in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Council District 4. A speed survey conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) in 2021 found that 72% of vehicles drove over the 35 mph speed limit when driving this stretch of Hyperion Ave. Councilmember Raman’s motion allocates $90,000 in funding for the installation of speed tables to mitigate reckless speeding along the stretch of Hyperion Ave between Fountain Ave and Lyric Ave and between Lyric Ave and Tracy Ave.

“Despite being a heavily trafficked area for pedestrians, this stretch of Hyperion Ave is a notorious speedway for drivers, where people behind the wheel often exceed the speed limit by 10 miles or more,” said Councilmember Raman. “The community has been asking for speed mitigation measures to be put in place since before I came into office, and I am so glad that today we are going to be able to deliver them. We know that speeding kills, and we shouldn’t have to wait for a life to be lost before taking action.”

Councilmember Raman’s motion transfers $90,000 from the CD4 portion of the Street Furniture Revenue Fund to go toward four speed tables: two on Hyperion between Fountain Ave and Lyric Ave, and two on Hyperion between Lyric Ave and Tracy Ave. Additionally, the motion asks LADOT to assess utilizing their authority under section 22358.7 of the California Vehicle Code (CVC), or any other relevant CVC section, to lower the vehicle speed limit by 5 MPH on Fountain Avenue from Sunset Boulevard to Hyperion Avenue, and on Hyperion Avenue from Fountain Avenue to Rowena Avenue.

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