VISION ZERO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
UPDATE
City Council Meeting
August 6, 2024
Dan Hennessey, Director
Transportation and Public Works
1 OUTLINE
• Sonoma County Vision Zero Action Plan
• Santa Rosa Implementation Plan
• Past Council Action
• Current TPW Efforts
• Further Action 2
Sonoma County Vision Zero
Action Plan (SCVZAP)
• Process launched in October 2019
• SCTA partnered with Department of Health
Services
• Advisory Committee with all County
jurisdictions
• Goal – Eliminate traffic deaths and severe
injuries in Sonoma County by 2030
3 SCVZAP – Crash Data
• Centered on data-driven approach
• Only includes reported crashes with injuries
• Data by year, severity, day of week, time of
day, travel mode, crash factor, weather, etc.
• SCTA maintains dashboard from state
database (SWITRS)
4 SCVZAP – Data Dashboard
5 SCVZAP – Crash Factors
6 SCVZAP – Crash Data by Mode
7 SCVZAP – Crash Data by Mode
8 SCVZAP – Crash Data by Mode
9 Kinetic Energy Transfer
10 SCVZAP – Hot Spots/High-
Injury Network (HIN)
11 SCVZAP – HIN
12 SCVZAP – Crash Statistics
13 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Fatal + Serious Injury Crashes on Local Streets
All Crashes Pedestrian Only Bicycles Only
Crash Comprehensive Cost
14 • Emergency services
• Medical services
• Productivity loss
• Insurance administration
• Legal costs
• Congestion impacts
• Property damage
• Quality of life costs
SCVZAP – Crash Statistics
15 $-
$20,000,000
$40,000,000
$60,000,000
$80,000,000
$100,000,000
$120,000,000
$140,000,000
$160,000,000
$180,000,000
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Comprehensive Cost of Fatal + Serious Injury Crashes on Local Streets All Crashes Pedestrian Only Bicycles Only
SCVZAP – Equity
16 • 89% of Sonoma County residents spend at
least 45% of income on housing and
transportation costs (average – 57%)
• HIN is overrepresented in EPCs (9% of
roadway mileage, 26% of fatal/severe
crashes)
SCVZAP – Goals/Actions
17 • Create Safer Speeds
• Eliminate Impaired Driving
• Create a Culture of Safety
• Build and Maintain Safe Streets for All
• Make Vehicles Safer and Reduce Private
Vehicle Use
• Improve Data for Effective Decision Making
Santa Rosa Vision Zero
Implementation Plan
18 • Create Safer Speeds (5)
• Eliminate Impaired Driving (5)
• Create a Culture of Safety (6)
• Build and Maintain Safe Streets for All (20)
• Make Vehicles Safer and Reduce Private
Vehicle Use (6)
• Improve Data for Effective Decision Making (5)
SRVZIP – Create Safer Speeds
19 • Assembly Bill 43
• Speed limits of 15 or 20 mph are now legal and enforceable • Increases authority of local jurisdictions adjacent to business districts
• Allows reduction of speed limits by an additional 5 mph from previous allowances
• Began June 30, 2024
• Implement low-cost methods to reduce speeds
• Prioritize High-Injury Network
SRVZIP – Eliminate Impaired
Driving
20 • Focuses on individual behaviors
• Support Police Department
• Engage with businesses
• Promote ride share services
• Expand transit service
SRVZIP – Create a Culture of
Safety
21 • Support Safe Routes to School Program
• Work with media partners
• Engage with Equity Priority Communities
• Promote educational campaigns
SRVZIP – Build and Maintain
Safe Streets for All
22 • Quick build along HIN
• Leading Pedestrian Intervals
• Complete Local Roadway Safety Plans
• Find Funding
• Work with Field Services teams
• Improve ped and bike networks
• Update street design standards
• Work with PD, expand automation
SRVZIP – Make Vehicles Safer
and Reduce Private Vehicle Use
23 • Change land development policies
• Promote scooter and bike share programs
• Incorporate non-vehicle infrastructure into
development projects
• Work with major employers
• Make vehicle fleet safer
SRVZIP – Improve Data for
Effective Decision Making
24 • Establish quarterly meetings with PD
• Collect/present accessible data
• Create dashboard
Past City Council Action
• July 26, 2022
• Report Item: Sonoma County Vision Zero
Action Plan Background
• Adopted 7-0
• Report Item: Local Road Safety Plan;
Corridor Study and Grant Application
• Adopted 7-0 25
Current TPW Efforts
• AB 43 Speed Limit Reductions
• Cleveland Avenue
• North Dutton Avenue
• Montgomery Village
• SCTA Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) 26
SS4A Project Types
27 SS4A Project Locations
28 Further Action
• Active Transportation Plan
• CIP Prioritization
• Street Design Standards
• Support for SCTA Application
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