Min inneapolis 2020 2020-2022 2022 Vis ision Zero Action Pla lan City Council Transportation and Public Works Committee December 3, 2019
Minneapolis Vision Zero Goal: zero deaths and severe injuries on City streets by 2027 Between 2007 and 2016, an average of • 11 people died • 84 people were severely injured in crashes on streets in Minneapolis. “A commitment to Vision Zero is a commitment to life and equitable opportunity for people in the City of Minneapolis.” Vision Zero Resolution (2017) Source: Vision Zero Crash Study Excludes freeway & intentional crashes 2
Vision Zero Action Plan timeline • September 2017: City Council adopted Vision Zero Commitment • November 2017: Pedestrian Crash Study finalized • December 2017: Funding approved for Vision Zero • February 2018: Vision Zero Task Force started • Summer 2018: Started initial engagement • Summer 2018: Selected consultant & hired Vision Zero Coordinator • December 2018: Vision Zero Crash study finalized • December 2018: Vision Zero advisory committees started • Spring 2019: Phase 2 of engagement • September 2019: Draft Action Plan released • December 2019: Final Action Plan adopted by Council 3
Highlight strategies and actions • Safe streets • Reduce speed limits • Proactive safety improvements on High Injury Streets • Safe people • Focus education, communications, and enforcement efforts on 5 most unsafe behaviors • Seek to implement automated traffic enforcement • Safe vehicles • Safety data
Feedback on draft plan • 418 different commenters • Key themes: • Asking for more enforcement (~34% of commenters) • Comments on key topics (more support for each than opposition): • Reducing speed limits • Safe Streets section • Seeking automated enforcement • Desire for more enforcement/education focus on bicyclists/pedestrians/scooters (~11% of commenters)
Changes to draft plan based on feedback • More introduction on comprehensive approach to supporting safe speeds • Adding an enforcement-related action under the speed limits strategy • Additional Safe People introduction around importance of safe choices for all modes • Add more explicit recognition of safety needs of vulnerable street users, including people with disabilities and older adults
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