BRISBANE City Council is willing to consider a push to drop speed limits in neighbourhood streets to 30km/h to help make suburban roads safer.

The proposal, which is being pedalled by cyclist lobby group Space For Cycling, gained momentum after a local council in Victoria said they would consider a similar initiative.

Brisbane City Council Deputy Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, who said he felt 30km/h was too low, told The Courier-Mail he wanted to hear community feedback before backing the move.

“If you arbitrarily reduce a speed limit without wider community support, it’s been proven that people just ignore that speed limit,” Cr Schrinner said, adding that speed limits in school zones were higher than 30km/h.

“I’m not aware of any big moves to reduce (speed limits) around schools.”

Space For Cycling president Belinda Ward stressed the move was about community safety and encouraging short trips by foot or bike.

“We stress that we are ­talking about neighbourhood roads, being those which really just serve the traffic generated by the people living on that street and perhaps a couple of connecting streets,” she said.