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Select Board adopts Vision Zero resolution; town to pursue federal Safe Streets grants and shift oversight to Transportation Board
Summary
The Select Board adopted a Vision Zero resolution committing to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on Brookline streets (goal year 2050), endorsed a Vision Zero action plan, and agreed to transfer committee oversight to the Transportation Board; staff said the town will apply for federal Safe Streets for All funding of about $6 million.
The Brookline Select Board voted to adopt a Vision Zero commitment and action plan at its June 24 meeting, formalizing a town goal of eliminating deaths and serious injuries on the town’s streets by 2050, and transferring ongoing oversight and progress reporting responsibilities to the Transportation Board.
Dan Murphy, director of engineering and transportation, and Amy Ingalls, project lead, presented the Vision Zero Action Plan, which includes a “high‑priority network” of streets where 85% of injury crashes from 2019–2023…
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