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Knoxville mayor, city staff present Vision Zero plan, secure federal SS4A grants and quick-build work
Summary
Knoxville's mayor and Vision Zero coordinator presented the city's Vision Zero action plan, reported SS4A federal grants (one ~$10 million and another over $22 million) for sidewalks, shared-use paths, and median work, and highlighted quick-build safety projects executed in weeks.
Knoxville Mayor India Kincannon and city staff on March 26 briefed the TPO on the city's Vision Zero program and recent federal grant awards, outlining construction projects and quick-build safety measures intended to reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2040.
Mayor India Kincannon opened the item underscoring the program’s purpose: “We think that you should be able to move around our community without dying or getting seriously killed or injured,” she said, noting traffic fatalities outnumber violent-crime deaths in the city. Cody Gentry, the city's Vision Zero…
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