Vision Zero Fresno
A Paradigm Shift for Safer Streets
August 28, 2022
City of Fresno BPAC Vision Zero Task Force
Jill Gormley, T.E.
Laura Gromis,
Anthony Molina, M.D.
Destiny Rodriguez
Matthew Woodward
Fresno Traffic Fatalities 2016-2021
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Average
Fatalities 42 63 25 43 75 23 45.8
Pedestrian
fatalities 19 26 14 21 32 10 20.6
Bicyclist
fatalities 1 4 0 2 6 0 2.4
Alcohol
Induced
fatalities
10 16 3 13 13 3 9.6
Drug
induced
fatalities
7 16 4 11 26 0 11.4
Speeding
related
fatalities
9 29 15 16 31 2 18.6
What is Vision Zero?
●Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic
fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. It is also known as the Systemic Safety or Safe System approach.
●Vision Zero starts with the ethical belief that everyone has the right to move safely in their communities, and that system designers and policy makers share the responsibility to ensure safe systems for travel.
What makes Vision Zero an innovative road safety policy with the potential to make our streets safe?
What other California Cities are Vision Zero
Communities?
What are the steps to Vision Zero?
1. Educate ourselves and others on Vision Zero fundamentals- ● Traffic deaths and severe injuries are acknowledged to be preventable. ● Human life and health are prioritized within all aspects of transportation systems. ● Acknowledgement that human error is inevitable, and transportation systems should be forgiving. ● Safety work should focus on systems-level changes above influencing individual behavior. ● Speed is recognized and prioritized as the fundamental factor in crash severity.
2. Assess your community’s traffic safety situation and develop a High Injury Network using a data driven and equity-based approach
3. City commitment is required- Vision Zero Resolution by Mayor, City Council and Agency Leaders
4. Build a common understanding of challenges and opportunities- form a Vision Zero Task Force
5. Develop, implement, and monitor a strong Vision Zero Action Plan
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST RISK FACTORS
●Arterial roadway network of wide
roadways (4+lane cross sections).
●Multilane arterial roadways without
turn lanes at minor cross streets.
●Stop-controlled minor cross streets
intersecting multilane arterials.
●Permissive left-turn signal phasing.
●High pedestrian and bicycle demand
areas, (e.g., commercial destinations or
bus stops) without pedestrian scale
lighting and limited or no bicycle
facilities.
What is a Vision Zero Task Force?
Create a multi-stakeholder Vision Zero
Task Force that includes perspectives from
representatives in public health,
transportation, policy makers, police,
community, and advocates, among others.
Conduct meaningful community outreach
prior to releasing the Action Plan, in order to
inform its priorities.
Gather input from residents, particularly
those in Communities of Concern
Next Steps
Recommend to City Council and the Mayor that the City of Fresno:
●Adopt a Vision Zero Resolution for the City of Fresno. ●Form a Vision Zero Task Force and /or hire a Vision Zero consultant to assist in identifying a High Injury Network for the City of Fresno based on data from the Systemic Local Road Safety Plan of 2020.
●Develop and implement a Vision Zero Action Plan.