Title
Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan 2022-2023 Annual Report
Description
This report provides the Transportation, Infrastructure, and Planning Subcommittee with the Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan 2022-2023 Annual Report.
THIS ITEM IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
Report
Summary
On Sept. 7, 2022, Phoenix City Council unanimously approved the comprehensive Road Safety Action Plan - Moving to Vision Zero. The Road Safety Action Plan (RSAP) is a comprehensive road safety plan applying a data-driven, decision-making process to identify and prioritize transportation safety improvements with a "Five E's" approach (Evaluation, Education, Engineering, Enforcement, and Equity). Phoenix's efforts on the RSAP align with the framework of a Vision Zero Action PIan, with its emphasis on meaningful community engagement, equity, and data--driven, systems-based strategies to improve road safety for all Phoenicians. The RSAP vision is clear: to ultimately reduce the number of traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2050.
Since the approval of the RSAP, the City has made significant progress in delivering 64 identified transportation safety projects and received awards of $32,281,986 in grant funding for various safety initiatives. This is the first annual report for the RSAP, and it covers the work that has been completed from the beginning of the plan in September 2022 through December 2023 (Attachment A).
The annual report serves as a benchmarking tool for both City staff and the public to monitor how transportation safety and crash trends are progressing in Phoenix, to provide clarity on where the City has met and exceeded its performance measures, and where there is progress yet to be made. The report examines crash data to gain greater insights into how identified programs and strategies in the RSAP impact trends to drive down fatal and serious injuries. Significantly, even with population increases and a small jump in crashes from 2020 to 2021, fatal and serious injury crashes have trended down overall between 2015 and 2022. Conversely, fatal crashes showed an upward trend from 2015 to 2023, indicating that more work must be done to achieve the City’s Vision Zero goals.
The annual report includes a biennial update of the High Injury Network (HIN) using the most recent data available (2018 to 2022) to remap the intersections and roadway segments that see the most fatal and serious injury crashes. Phoenix has seen a decrease of 17 HIN intersections (51 total) and a three-mile reduction of identified HIN segments (30.6 miles total over 79 segments) since the last evaluation. The report also looks ahead at the projects and programs that are coming in the near future as the City continues to improve roadway safety to achieve Vision Zero.
Financial Impact
The City Council approved the allocation of $10 million per year for implementation of the RSAP, with $3 million allocated from the City’s General Fund, $2 million from Transportation 2050 (T2050) funds, and $5 million from the Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF).
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Citizens Transportation Commission:
- Recommended City Council approval of the development of the RSAP on Jan. 28, 2021, by a vote of 15-0;
- Received an update on the RSAP on Oct. 28, 2021; and
- Received an update on the RSAP and recommended City Council approval to allocate up to $2 million per year of T2050 funds for the implementation of the RSAP on Aug. 25, 2022, by a vote of 9-1.
The Transportation, Infrastructure, and Planning Subcommittee:
- Recommended City Council approval for the development of the RSAP on Feb. 3, 2021, by a vote of 4-0; and
- Received updates on the RSAP on Oct. 20, 2021, and June 15, 2022.
The City Council:
- Approved development of the RSAP, completion of near-term projects, and additional staffing resources on March 2, 2021;
- Received an update on the development of the RSAP and approved moving forward with the Vision Zero strategy and incorporation of Vision Zero goals into the RSAP on Jan. 25, 2022, by a vote of 7-2;
- Approved the Vision Zero Strategy Resolution (Resolution 21995) to incorporate Vision Zero goals into the RSAP on Feb. 16, 2022, by a vote of 7-2; and
- Approved the RSAP and formation of the Vision Zero Community Advisory Committee on Sept. 7, 2022.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Alan Stephenson and the Street Transportation Department.