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Tompkins committee accepts Safe Streets for All plan, endorses Vision Zero goal
Summary
The Facilities and Infrastructure Committee voted to accept (rather than adopt) the countywide SS4A joint safety action plan and Vision Zero goal, making Tompkins County eligible for future federal grant rounds and providing a data-backed framework for targeting high-crash locations.
The Tompkins County Facilities and Infrastructure Committee voted May 15 to accept the Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Joint Safety Action Plan and to endorse a Vision Zero goal that seeks to eliminate fatal crashes and cut serious-injury crashes by 50% by 2040.
Jeff Smith, speaking for the county highway office, described the plan as a consultant-produced study compiled with crash data contributed by the Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council (ITCTC), state police and other partners. Smith said the plan ranks corridors and intersections as low, medium or high risk and provides a framework counties and towns can use when applying for future SS4A and related grants.
Committee members clarified that "accepting" the plan leaves the county unbound by mandatory implementation steps and that individual municipalities will still apply for grants using data from the report. Committee member Greg moved the resolution; Randy seconded. The committee changed the resolution language from "adopt" to "accept" at the committee’s request before voting.
The committee unanimously approved the resolution to accept the plan.
Committee staff said the plan improves the county’s eligibility for future federal grant rounds and provides prioritized locations for targeted safety interventions. Staff also noted that implementation responsibilities — including designation of a coordinating office — were discussed; the ITCTC was named as a possible coordinating entity, but the plan leaves some operational roles to be decided by municipalities and the county.
The acceptance does not commit the county to specific spending; it makes the data-backed plan available to towns and the county for grant applications and project prioritization.
