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Pasco discusses Vision Zero-style safety goals; council splits on 50% vs. zero by 2040
Summary
City staff and consultant DKS presented a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan and proposed commitment goals—either a 50% reduction in fatal and serious crashes or elimination by 2040; councilmembers expressed differing preferences and staff will return with a draft resolution.
PASCO, Wash. — City officials and transportation consultants outlined options for a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan on Aug. 4 and asked the City Council to weigh in on a commitment goal to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Veronica Sullivan, Washington state safety lead for DKS Associates, presented crash trends showing 775–991 crashes annually over the last decade and a rise in fatal and serious-injury crashes since the COVID dip in 2020. Sullivan said crashes producing hospital-level injuries ranged as high…
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