Drivers on part of the Northwest Side could have to pump their brakes as the city considers a plan to downshift the default speed limit on city streets from 30 to 25 mph.

The city council’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted 5-0 Tuesday in support of moving forward with a pilot program to lower the speed limit in some still-undetermined portions of District 7, whose councilwoman, Marina Alderete Gavito, floated the idea of lowering the speed limits on neighborhood streets back in January.

“There’s that long-term solution of looking at it citywide. We know that that’s going to take a long time,” she told reporters after Tuesday’s meeting. “So we’re looking for a more immediate solution.”

It’s not clear how immediate even that smaller test run might be, though. An engineeri

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