Review of Relevant Areas For this section of the report, various documents were reviewed to understand the city’s previous and ongoing safety efforts, identify potential gaps, and highlight areas for improvements to support the development of the SAP. Vision Zero Resolution No. 5149-11-2019 Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries through policies and regulations that prioritize safe, multimodal streets. Based on the Vision Zero Network, a Vision Zero Community meets the following minimum criteria:
• A clear goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries has been set.
• The mayor has publicly, officially committed to Vision Zero.
• A Vision Zero plan or strategy is in place, or the mayor has committed to a clear time frame for doing so. • Key departments (including transportation, public health, and the mayors' offices) are leading Vision Zero; this has not been a requirement for receiving SS4A implementation funds, but it is likely to become one in the future. Unlike traditional road safety policies, Vision Zero acknowledges that traffic fatalities and severe injuries are not accidents but preventable events. Its goals are to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries and increase safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. Vision Zero proactively targets and uses a risk-based systematic approach to build a safer road system. Rather than focusing solely on individual behavior—such as enforcing speed limits or driver education—Vision Zero takes a broader, systems-based approach. It acknowledges that the responsibility for safety extends across the entire transportation ecosystem, encompassing road design, policymaking, and enforcement strategies that ensure safe outcomes for all road users. Many states, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), cities, and counties have adopted Vision Zero. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has a “Road to Zero” goal of reducing the number of deaths on Texas roadways to zero by 2050. To track progress towards the statewide transportation goals, TxDOT has established performance measures and targets related to promoting safety, including annual fatalities and fatality rate. At the regional level, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) supports the Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) vision,
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