The Santa Rosa City Council will be considering a proposal to reduce speed limits by 5 mph across 29 street segments.

"A lot of our crashes and collisions are caused by the way our roads and streets have been designed, and our policies that make it hard for people to get around without a car. And that privilege of cars going fast as opposed to other modes of transportation," Eris Weaver, the executive director of Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition, told CBS News Bay Area.

Weaver is passionate about biking and uses it as her main mode of transportation.

"It's just fun, and it's cheaper than driving a car," she said.

She is optimistic about the city's proposal as one means of keeping everyone safe on the roads.

"Education has to be a part of a whole comprehensive campaign along with encour

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