HOW TO READ THIS PLAN
strategy, the Plan highlights the timeline, cost, leading party, and supporting party. In addition to these Citywide goals and action strategies, we have identified specific Priority Projects for the implementation. These projects contain specific changes to corridors that have critical safety needs. These projects can improve roadway safety in Fort Worth. The Safety Action Plan lays out implementation strategies, funding strategies, performance measures as well as a transparency plan to hold ourselves accountable. Fort Worth needs your help in implementing the Safety Action Plan. Read this Safety Action Plan and keep informed about the progress of its implementation. Provide feedback and input on the progress as we all work to make Fort Worth a safer place to get around.
This Safety Action Plan will guide the City of Fort Worth’s efforts to improve roadway safety and create safe streets for all users. The Safety Action Plan incorporates input from the Technical and Community Advisory Committees, as well as insights from community members throughout Fort Worth. The Safety Action Plan builds upon the City’s past efforts, including the Vision Zero Resolution, Active Transportation Plan, Complete Streets Policy, and Master Thoroughfare Plan.
members, local agency staff, and neighborhood elected officials. These individuals provided their unique perspectives as users of the Fort Worth roadway system to highlight areas of concern and focus our priorities. The study team also performed extensive community engagement throughout the development of this plan, which informed the Plan’s priorities and actions. From both the crash data analysis and community engagement, four goals were identified for the Safety Action Plan (Vision Zero: Paradigm Shift, Safe Speeds, Reduce Conflicts, Policies and Programs). Supporting these four goals, we have identified 34 safety action strategies that will help the City improve traffic safety. These action strategies address the most important issues identified. For each safety action
The implementation of this Plan will not be the responsibility of just one City department or division, rather it will be a collaborative process involving many different parties. The City will focus on both addressing issues on City-owned streets and working with County and State officials to improve streets owned by those agencies. The Safety Action Plan identifies the state of road safety in Fort Worth by reviewing past efforts and analyzing crash data from the past five years. This review allows us to identify areas of concern and to focus our efforts on the areas with greatest need. To complement this review, the City has worked closely with the Technical and Community Advisory Committees , which are composed of community
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