REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
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Santa Clara Vision Zero: Collision Analysis and High-Injury Network (He)
Report
BACKGROUND
Vision Zero is a strategy aimed at helping to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while also promoting safe, healthy, and fair mobility for everyone. The objective of developing and implementing a Vision Zero Plan is listed in both the City's Bicycle Plan Update and Pedestrian Master Plan. In December 2023, the City Council received Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant funding from the Federal Highway Administration to establish a Santa Clara Vision Zero Plan. The City Council approved an agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. for professional services for the Santa Clara Vision Zero Plan on May 28, 2024.
The Santa Clara Vision Zero Plan (Plan) kicked off in July 2024. This effort involves extensive community engagement and a thorough citywide safety analysis to identify the most frequent types, locations, severity, and demographics of collisions in the City. The Plan will develop a collision countermeasure toolbox, which will include programmatic measures and roadway improvements to address traffic safety issues. Additionally, the Plan will identify a priority list of potential traffic safety improvements and implementable actions to guide the City's efforts in achieving Vision Zero.
In August 2024, staff presented this project to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) to provide a project overview and select a BPAC representative to serve on the Vision Zero Working Group, which guides the development of the Vision Zero Plan.
DISCUSSION
Since August, staff and the City's consultant have completed the first round of community engagement, collected historical collision data, and completed the collision data analysis.
The project's first community outreach phase provided multiple ways for the community to connect with the project team, including a project...
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