Council Meeting: February 10, 2026
16 ITEM BY MAYOR TOROSIS, MAYOR PRO TEMPORE ZWICK AND COUNCILMEMBER HALL
Request of Mayor Torosis, Mayor Pro Tempore Zwick, and Councilmember Hall, in light of the city’s failure to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities in the ten years following its “Vision Zero” commitment in 2016, that the City Council direct the City Manager to work with staff on a reimagined plan that prioritizes human life over vehicle throughput in design and engineering decisions regarding the city right-of-way.
Specifically, staff should return within six months with a plan that is responsive to the following requests:
1. Assesses and presents options for reduced citywide Design Speeds for commercial and residential streets to be used in all street design and engineering decisions, including the rebalancing of signal timing.
2. Develops new streamlined processes for gathering input on mobility projects to increase efficiency in project delivery and ensure Vision Zero and mode shift guide decision making.
3. Reorients parking and bike lanes via restriping and other quick-build tools during the planned repaving of any street that is slated for improvements via the existing Bike Action Plan.
4. Invests in new tools and processes that analyze every severe injury and fatal crash and implement any applicable quick-build safety enhancements within three months of the incident.