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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Vision Zero Action Plan Update April 2019 FINAL DRAFTVISION ZERO City Council Progress Update April 10, 2019 1 Presentation Outline ■2018 -2023 Vision Zero Action Plan Overview ■Implementation to Date ■Next Steps 2 Vision Statement Our community values the safety of all people who use our multimodal transportation system and will take equitable, data- driven actions to eliminate death and life changing injuries by 2035. 3 Action Plan Key Decision Making Structure Technical Advisory Committee: Provided input to Task Force Task Force: Recommended Action Plan to City Manager City Manager: Adopted the Vision Zero Action Plan City Council: Adopted the Vision Zero Resolution 4 History of Vision Zero in Eugene ■November 2015: Eugene City Council adopted Vision Zero Resolution ■Winter 2015 : Eugene becomes an emerging city of the Vision Zero Network ■September 2016 –September 2017: Developed draft Vision Zero Action Plan ■November 2017: Vision Zero Action Plan Open House for draft ■March 2018: Communities of Concern Focus Group ■2018: Circled back with City leadership ■March 2019: City Manager Adopted Vision Zero Action Plan 5 Guiding Tenets Equitable Data-Driven Accountable Communities of Concern 6 High Crash Network •11 th Avenue •Willamette Street* •7th Avenue •River Road •Chambers Street •18th Avenu e •Hilyard Street •13th Avenue •Royal Avenue •MLK Jr. Blvd •Pearl Street •Coburg Road •Highway 99 •8th Avenue •Alder Street •Randy Pape Beltline •I-105 •Jefferson Street •Northwest Expressway •Delta Highway 7 Action Areas Street Design Impairment Dangerous Behaviors Engagement and Accountability 8 Strategies Reduce potential for conflict between users Slow vehicle speeds Reduce driving, bicycling and walking under the influence Encourage safer practices among people driving, walking and bicycling Improve data collection and analysis Support an institutional commitment to Vision Zero 9 IMPLEMENTATION 10 Street Design Two Years Actions, In Progress ■SD-1: Capital safety improvements ■SD-2: Signal phasing and operational changes ■SD-6: Review resurfacing and restriping maintenance projects with the safety of all users in mind ■SD-9: Work with ODOT to lower speed limits on the VZ HCN 11 Street Design Safety Projects •11 th Avenue •Willamette Street* •7th Avenue •River Road^ •Chambers Street^ •18th Avenue^ •Hilyard Street^ •13th Avenue* •Royal Avenue •MLK Jr. Blvd^ •Pearl Street •Coburg Road •Highway 99* •8th Avenue^ •Alder Street* •Randy Pape Beltline* •I-105 •Jefferson Street* •Northwest Expressway •Delta Highway* *= funded ^= awaiting funding approval from Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) 12 Impairment Two Year Action, In Progress I-1: Regularly deploy (year-round) high visibility DUII enforcement in high priority areas on nights with higher concentrations of severe and fatal crashes on days with major community events. Pair enforcement with education. •September University of Oregon Football Game Days •Labor Day Weekend •2018 Winter Holiday Season •Super Bowl Weekend •St Patrick’s Day 13 Dangerous Behaviors Two Year Actions, In Progress DB-1: Increase awareness of Vision Zero DB-2: Deploy speed reader trailers DB-4: Focus traffic enforcement on the VZ HCN and on behaviors that contribute to fatal and life- changing injury crashes –I-105 Construction Area –Highway 99 –Coburg Road/Oakway Area –April Distracted Driving Month 14 Engagement and Accountability Two Year Actions, In Progress EA-1: Crash Review Team EA-3: Vision Zero messaging EA-7: FTE in the Public Works Dept to implement Vision Zero Five Year Actions, In Progress EA-8: EMS/trauma center data EA-14: Safe Routes to School 15 Legislation •SD-10: Support legislation to allow local City control to designate speed limits (HB 2702 and SB 558) •DB-6: Support legislation to allow the use of fixed stand-alone, unstaffed speed safety cameras on the VZ HCN (SB 559) 16 Partner Implementation New Years Eve Safe Rides Home Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation (BEST), City of Eugene, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), Technology Association of Oregon Lane Transit District (LTD) –Pedestrian Network Analysis Safe Lane Coalition 17 Measuring Our Progress Annual Report Benchmark Measures •2035: Zero fatalities and life- changing injuries •2028: 50% decrease in deaths and life changing injuries •2023: 25% decrease in deaths and life changing injuries Update the action plan every 5 years 18 Next Steps ■Vision Zero Celebration ■2018 Annual Report ■2019 Legislative Session ■Leadership Committee –Cross departmental and interagency –Internal capacity building 19 Contact Public Works Department Matt Rodrigues City Engineer (541)682-5243 MRodrigues@eugene-or.gov Eugene Police Department Jennifer Bills Lieutenant (541)682-5280 Jennifer.Y.Bills@ci.eugene.or.us Fire & EMS Department JoAnna Kampi EMS Chief (541)682-7104 JKamppi@eugene-or.gov https://eugene-or.gov/visionzero 20