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17 <br />EUGENE VISION ZERO <br />Strategies <br />There are six overarching strategies that the City and partners will use to work toward the <br />goal of zero deaths and life-changing injuries. These strategies address the fundamental <br />situations that cause crashes, make them more severe, challenge further analysis, and <br />have the ability to prevent the City from moving as quickly as possible on actions. Actions <br />presented in this plan grow out of these strategies to address the crash causes (street <br />design, dangerous behaviors, and impairment) and engagement and accountability. <br />Strategies are identified in the actions section with an icon. <br />Reduce potential for conflict between users <br />Decreasing the possibility that street users can come into conflict is the <br />first line of defense against crashes. This means providing separated space <br />for people walking, biking, driving and taking transit along the street. At <br />intersections, this may mean separating potentially conflicting movements by <br />time so two parties are not using the same space at the same time. <br />Slow vehicle speeds <br />When crashes do occur, they are less serious at slower speeds. Because <br />not all crashes can be avoided, slowing speeds will decrease the severity <br />of injuries and lead to fewer fatalities. Increased speed enforcement and <br />changes to street designs can both help to decrease speeds on Eugene’s <br />streets. Lowered speed limits may also address speeds but must be paired <br />with either enforcement or street design, ideally with both. <br />Reduce driving, bicycling, and walking under the <br />influence. <br />Impairment decreases reaction time for all street users and can lead to <br />poor choices about navigating streets. Impairment stands out as an issue <br />from additional dangerous behaviors because of its prevalence, its unique <br />treatments (i.e., human behavior, not engineering solutions), and its influence <br />on other unsafe behaviors. <br />Encourage safer practices among people driving, <br />walking and bicycling <br />Many crashes result from choices made by street users. Disobeying traffic <br />controls and laws, driving recklessly, and other behaviors may be best <br />addressed through culture change in addition to changes to the streets <br />themselves. Actions in this plan recognize, though, that some unsafe <br />behaviors, such as walking in the street because there are no sidewalks, are <br />the result of poor design that does not accommodate people walking. <br />April 10, 2019, Work Session – Item 1