Dundee will take a major step towards becoming a 20mph city this autumn.
The council has confirmed widespread public consultation will take place on new lower speed limits.
A number of 20mph zones already exist in residential areas, around schools and on busy industrial estates, while a 40mph limit was recently imposed on a significant stretch of the Kingsway.
The number of low-speed areas will be increased in a bid to improve pedestrian and driver safety.
Communities across the city will be asked their views on the speed reductions, with a number of key locations to be targeted, including narrow streets and areas where there are large numbers of children and older people.
The decision to consult on the introduction of 20mph zones first gained cross-party support at a meeting of the city development committee in February.
Members heard a plea from Liberal Democrat councillor Fraser Macpherson and from three separate public delegations calling for action to combat speeding.
The council’s head of transportation, Neil Gellatly, said traffic engineers were considering the details of widespread 20mph zones and were making “comparisons with other areas’ policies and visiting other cities to compare some of the options available”.
He confirmed that community engagement should begin in the autumn, with a report then coming back to the council in November or December.
Ahead of the consultation, the council has unveiled plans to introduce a 20mph speed limit in the streets around the new Sidlaw View Primary, which is due to open in August 2016.
Local residents and other interested parties are invited to a meeting at the current Sidlaw View Primary from 6pm to 9pm on Tuesday.
Councillor Macpherson welcomed that news and said: “I am pleased that progress towards this consultation is taking place, as it is important to ask people across the city where they feel lower speed limits in residential areas would be appropriate.
“In my own West End area, there have been requests for lower speed limits in areas where there are many elderly residents trying to cross residential roads or where children regularly play.
“However, a formal consultation exercise is necessary and I am pleased this will be taking place later this year.”