14 MPH Speed Limit: Aspen, Colorado May Lower Neighborhood Speed Limit from 25 to 14

A 14 mph speed limit is under consideration by the Aspen city council for the picturesque Colorado mountain town.

The Associated Press reported that the speed limit is under consideration in a residential neighborhood of Aspen in order to get drivers to slow down.

Currently the area has a speed limit of 25 mph and the AP reported that residents in the area say that most people are ignoring that speed limit.

The Aspen Times reported that the area under discussion is Aspen's West End. Oftentimes motorists cut through the neighborhood to avoid the traffic on Highway 82.

To date, other measures that have been implemented in the West Ends has not completely stopped fast drivers from going over the speed limit. The city has put up bollards and thin posts in the middle of the road to slow down drivers.

The Aspen Times reported, "other measures the city has undertaken in recent years include, but are not limited to: bollards along Bleeker and Hallam streets; free bus service between Aspen and the Brush Creek Intercept Lot near the Snowmass Village turnoff at Highway 82; funding of the Cross Town Shuttle transit route; increased Aspen police patrols in the area; coordination with various organizations using the Aspen Meadows campus for summer events; increased parking enforcement; and additional stop signs."

Residents are saying that even a 17 mph law is still too fast for the area which is residential. The Mayor of Aspen Mick Ireland suggested an 18 mph limit since it is out of the ordinary and could gain the attention of drivers, but the council decided to drop it down to 14 mph.

Trish Aragon, a City Engineer said to The Aspen Times that speed-limit signs cost a bit less than $500 per sign and with 60 new signs in the area, it would cost more than $27,000.

"We are still receiving complaints about speeding," Aragon said to The Aspen Times. "Although from an engineering perspective, we don't see that they're speeding. But the perception still is that vehicles are speeding through the neighborhood."