Fuquay Varina Pedestrian Plan - Adopted 8-1-2022

Create and Adopt a Vision Zero Policy and Action Plan Recommendation: Create and adopt a Vision Zero policy and action plan in creating a formal program to eliminate all traffic deaths . Develop clear objectives and action items to achieve the goal. Prioritize safe street design to minimize the impact of human error on our roadways. Use education and enforcement strategies to supplement safe street design. Alta Planning + Design, Inc. (Alta) I Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Alta is positioned to assist clients secure funding through the numerous IIJA programs. Alta’s grant-writing specialists have assisted jurisdictions in acquiring more than $850 million in grant funding, including the development of several successful RAISE, BUILD and TIGER grant applications for clients, totaling over $153 million in successful federal awards for trails and complete streets networks.

Become Designated as a Walk Friendly Community Recommendation: Apply to become designated as a Walk Friendly Community. The WFC program is a national recognition program developed to encourage communities to support safer walking environments as a local priority.

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Preparing a WFC application requires a multi-faceted approach to collecting and presenting information about a community. The core of the application effort is completion of the WFC Assessment Tool which assesses the community in Engineering, Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, Evaluation, and Equity as well as other elements such as planning. These are the combination of criteria that best assist communities to become more walkable and to set clear goals and plans for achieving those goals. The tool is also designed to recognize that there are many different ways that communities achieve walkability and that every location is unique.

BACKGROUND The program recognizes communities which have achieved high levels of walking and low rates of pedestrian crashes while also recognizing communities that are making progress in achieving these two goals through policies, projects and programs. The thorough and detailed application process is a key part of becoming more walk- friendly by: • Building new local partnerships • Collecting data for future planning efforts • Documenting all local walking-related programs, projects, and policies • Identifying areas of needed improvement • Providing tools to develop specific solutions before the application is submitted • Offering feedback and further suggestions to the community after application review • Creating momentum for future projects

BACKGROUND The Vision Zero philosophy rejects the notion that traffic fatalities are inevitable and proactively tries to keep people safe. Key tenets of the Vision Zero safe system approach are that design should seek to prevent crashes, and that we can always afford to take steps that save lives. By incorporating pedestrian friendly polices into the Town Code and adhering to NCDOT’s Complete Streets Policy, Fuquay-Varina has been taking important steps to making its streets safer for residents, and a Vision Zero policy and action plan will build on these efforts. A Vision Zero policy and action plan would provide a framework for Town departments and community stakeholders to work together to eliminate traffic deaths. Alta recently published a blog on the USDOT’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program and the opportunities this program provides to invest in safety, with specific guidance on the needs of each community . READ THE FULL STORY: Local Solutions to Global Safety Challenges A Vision Zero policy would be a long-term promise that this commitment would be at the forefront of all decisions made regarding transportation policy and projects going forward. The goal of zero deaths on the Town’s roads is not one that will be accomplished in a few years. It will take a continuing effort by many stakeholders, including residents, to change the nature of the roadways and the culture of mobility in Fuquay-Varina. This ongoing effort will occur over decades, and the Town will need to become dedicated to making the changes necessary to achieve zero traffic deaths. ALTA PERSPECTIVE LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL SAFETY CHALLENGES

IIJA PROGRAMS FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION

RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL $5B OVER 5 YEARS RAISE GRANTS (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) $7.5B OVER 5 YEARS

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Whereas traditional road safety strives to modify human behavior and prevent all crashes, the Safe System approach also refocuses transportation system design and operation on anticipating human mistakes and lessening impact forces to reduce crash severity and save lives.

$1B OVER 5 YEARS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM $5.8B OVER 5 YEARS

Traditional Road Safety Practices vs. Vision Zero Safe System Approach

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With this plan and its top recommendations completed, Fuquay-Varina should be in a position to apply for and receive recognition as a Walk Friendly Community. Additional funding programs include FLAP, NSFLTP, PROTECT, and others that will support active transportation and trail projects. The Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment program ($1B over 5 years) is subject to appropriations and may be available in 2023.

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CHAPTER 4: PROGRAM & POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

FUQUAY-VARINA PEDESTRIAN PLAN

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