SAFETY ACTION STRATEGIES
OVERVIEW & ORGANIZATION The Fort Worth Vision Zero Action Strategies are 34 detailed ways to address specific safety challenges through a holistic approach to reducing fatal and severe injury crashes. These actions are prioritized based on the city’s safety needs, crash analysis, and input from the Community and Technical Advisory Committee, as well as city staff. They are intended to supplement and support location-based project recommendations designed to address acute design and infrastructure needs for higher risk roadways.
The Safety Action Strategies are organized under the Plan’s four safety goals: Vision Zero: Paradigm Shift; Safe Speeds; Reduce Conflicts; and Policies and Programs . They are further categorized under 18 focus areas:
• REPORTING • ROAD SAFETY AUDITS • SAFETY COMMITTEE • SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL (SRTS) • SPEED • TRANSIT
• DEMAND MANAGEMENT • EDUCATION • GUIDELINES
• ACCESS MANAGEMENT • COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES (CMV) & FREIGHT • COMMUNICATIONS • COORDINATION • CROSSINGS • DATA ANALYSIS
ACTION STRATEGY SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION
The basis for the Recommended Action Strategies and additional actions is drawn from best practices in safety planning and a thorough review of safety actions from a variety of regions across Texas and the U.S. Specific attention was given to actions based on FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures, which research has shown are particularly effective in reducing fatal and severe crashes. A list of potential action strategies was developed using detailed analysis of Fort Worth’s crash data, a review of prior planning and policy efforts, and direct input from the stakeholders who will be involved in implementing the Fort Worth Vision Zero Safety Action Plan. To further develop the draft Action Strategies list, the project team reviewed recent planning documents, including Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Fort Worth District Safety Plan 2024 and draft findings from concurrent Fort Worth 2050–Moving a Million project deliverables. These introduced specific findings related to freight and commercial vehicle safety, speeds, and speed limit setting, which emerged as primary contributing factors to safety needs. The project team presented a draft list of 54 potential recommendations during an Action Strategies Workshop in early December 2024. During the workshop, 26 stakeholders representing public, private, and nonprofit-sector stakeholders reviewed and prioritized the draft action strategies. The following tables represent the 34 Safety Action Strategies that were prioritized during the December Stakeholder Workshop, which included city staff as well as members of the Technical Advisory Committee and Community Advisory Committee. An additional 20 strategies that were not indicated as priorities but which may warrant further consideration can be found in Appendix H . RECOMMENDED ACTION STRATEGIES
• INTERSECTIONS • MAINTENANCE • NETWORKS
Each strategy includes stakeholder input on implementation roles, partnerships, and considerations, including a high-level summary of the following factors:
COST $ $$ $$$ $$$$ $$$$$
IMMEDIATE: Less Than 1 Year SHORT: 1 To 3 Years MEDIUM: 3 To 5 Years LONG: Over 5 Years TIIMELINE
Under $100,000 $100,000 TO $250,000 $250,000 To $1 Million $1 Million To $5 Million Over $5 Million
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