The city of Longueuil, on Montreal's South Shore, is reducing the speed limit on all residential streets to 30 km/h starting in January of next year. It is also putting in place new traffic calming measures across the city.

The changes are part of an overall effort to get drivers to slow down, city officials said Tuesday.

"This is where people go for a walk, go for a picnic, hang out with their neighbours. Kids play in the street. So we want to make people safer," said Jonathan Tabarah, a Longueu…