Vision Zero Safety Action Plan
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Every year, people in Roanoke lose family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to preventable traffic crashes on our roads. Vision Zero is a commitment to eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. In December 2020, Roanoke City Council committed to “create and implement a Vision Zero Action Plan” in City Plan 2040. Thanks to grant funding secured through the Federal Safe Streets for All program, we’re are beginning this process!
For the last century, our transportation system has been built on the belief that these crashes are accidents – events no one can fully prevent or predict.
The Roanoke Safety Action Plan is a paradigm shift in how the City thinks about roadway safety. It will lay out a new set of principles for engineering roads, educating travelers, and creating a sense of collective responsibility. The City of Roanoke is taking action and committing to zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2035.
Click here to learn more about the City of Roanoke Vision Zero Safety Action Plan Story Map.
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Supporting Documents
City of Roanoke Safety Action Plan
Detailed Crash Analysis
Outreach and Engagement
Identifying Safety Solutions
Project Updates
Jefferson Street Demonstration Project
Roanoke Rolls Out Temporary Bike Lanes for a Smoother Ride to GoFest
Vision Zero – Bike Network Planning & Engagement Week
Check out the latest opportunities to engage!
Vision Zero Roanoke Community Engagement Week Update
A week of community engagement planned for August 5th-9th
Important Dates
Safe Streets for All Advisory Committee Kickoff Meeting
At this initial meeting the City of Roanoke Trasportation division will introduce the Vision Zero project to the advisory committee and ask the committee to share their thoughts about traffic safety in Roanoke, and what the most important things to do to eliminate fatal and serious injury crashes in the city are.
The Toole Design team will present their initial findings of an analysis of recent crash data, and together we will begin discussing ways in which each of us can help move this initiative forward in the coming months.
Up to four additional meetings between now and the end of the year are anticipated as we work with our consultant team at Toole Design to develop a compelling and feasible action plan to achieve this ambitious goal of Zero fatalities and serious injuries on our city streets.
Vision Zero Roanoke Advisory Committe Meeting #2
- Review the Descriptive Crash Analysis – Review the main findings and High Injury Networks that were presented at the first meeting.
- Present the Systemic Crash Analysis and High Risk Network – Show where there is a high risk of serious crashes occurring because of roadway characteristics and context even though there may not have been any crashes in the past five years.
- Outreach and Engagement - Share initial thoughts from the survey and interactive map input, National Night Out events, and the Walk Audits to date; encourage participation in the remaining outreach and engagement events.
- Speed Management Action Plan – Receive an overview and status update.
Vision Zero Roanoke Advisory Committee Meeting #3
- Crash Analysis - Presentation of High Injury and High Risk Network Maps and discussion of how to use each set of maps
- Outreach and Engagement - Discussion of findings to date
- Bikeway Network Plan - Update on outreach and engagement this week
- Actions and Strategies - Presentation and discussion of initial actions and strategies, introduction to SMARTIE Goals
Vision Zero Roanoke Advisory Committee Meeting #4
- Brief recap of progress to date
- Workshop session of proposed actions and strategies
- Presentation of proposed actions and strategies