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