adding provisions prohibiting solicitation on or near roadways. The provision stated that no person shall stand on or near a roadway to solicit rides, employment, business, art, or offer to watch or guard parked vehicles. We recommend similar steps to further understand the contributor factors related to pedestrian crashes, pinpoint HIN locations, using a data-informed approach (e.g., a city-wide streets and intersection pedestrian safety study) to develop specific areas for amendments. Based on research and best practice, some potential updates could include pedestrian infrastructure requirements such as using high-visibility crosswalks, improving street lighting, requiring the use of pedestrian refuge when crossing the road, and reducing conflicts between pedestrian and drivers on roadways with high volumes of traffic or high-speed limits.
Article IV: Truck Traffic
The truck traffic ordinance was passed in different sections around the 1980s. This article includes provisions for designated truck and commercial delivery routes, restrictions on hazardous materials transportation, limits on vehicle dimensions and weight, and permits for overweight or oversized vehicles under special conditions. These elements align with common regulations found in many truck traffic ordinances. This ordinance can support Vision Zero by having designated truck routes that avoid residential areas to limit the exposure of vulnerable road users to large trucks, enforcing weight and size restrictions to reduce the probability of accidents and mitigate crash severity, and providing hazardous materials transporting routes to minimize the risks of dangerous incidents in populated areas. Transportation Management Programs—Maintenance, Safety, and Operations The City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department has six divisions: 1) Transportation Management, 2) Regional Transportation and Innovation, 3) Stormwater Management 4) Street and Stormwater Operations 5) Capital Delivery, and 6) Business Support. Transportation Management (TM) has primary responsibility for traffic operations and safety initiatives within the department. The division performs citywide maintenance of streetlights, traffic signals and signs, fulfills utility locate requests, performs signal retiming and signal design review for private development and operates the Traffic Management Center. Additionally, the division administers the Sidewalk Program, School Crossing Guard Program, Parking Management
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