The draft Vision Zero Safety Action Plan is now available! Thank you to all who attended the public meetings and submitted feedback on the draft plan. Although the comment period is now closed, you may still review the draft plan and appendices linked below. Keep an eye out for the final Vision Zero Safety Action Plan, expected Spring of 2025.
Every year, over 40,000 people are killed and many more are seriously injured on roads in the United States. In Worcester, too many people have lost their lives on our streets. This is simply unacceptable. In 2024, the City of Worcester decided to approach transportation safety in a new way. That approach is called Vision Zero.
Worcester released the draft Priority Injury Network that identifies those roadways where the majority of serious injuries and fatalities from crashes occur. The Worcester Vision Zero: Priority Network Story Map provides the details about the analysis, public input and next steps.
Learn More About Vision Zero - StoryMap
To kick off the Vision Zero effort, on February 29, 2024, City leadership was joined by author and urban planner Jeff Speck for the inspiring and informative State of Our Streets Forum. This event served as a kick-off to the City's Vision Zero efforts. If you weren't able to make the event, please view the State of Our Streets Forum Video Presentation. You may also read the poem written and performed by Serenity Jackson, City of Worcester Youth Poet Laureate, titled, "Vision Zero... Safer Streets".
Vision Zero is an international street safety movement dedicated to eliminating fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways. Vision Zero is based on the belief that:
Vision Zero shifts how we approach transportation safety using the "Safe System" approach. This approach makes safety the highest priority and is driven by the belief that even one fatality on our roads is too many.
Through a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant received from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the City conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the existing road network and developed a strategic, effective and actionable safety action plan that provides the tools to achieve Vision Zero.
This Plan is crucial to acting on the City's commitment to the elimination of fatalities and serious injuries from across the transportation system to create safe, equitable and sustainable mobility for all. Ultimately, this plan will help the City identify projects, policies, programs and strategies to make Vision Zero a routine part of City operations across all departments.
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