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NVCOG updates Active Transportation Plan, offers region road safety audit trainings
Summary
NVCOG staff reported progress on the regional active transportation plan — vision, demographics, and chapter drafts — and offered a new road safety audit training program that will include public engagement and on‑the‑ground audit demonstrations.
Kate, NVCOG’s active transportation lead, told the committee the Naugatuck Valley Active Transportation Plan is back in active development with chapters 1 and 2 (purpose, goals, vision and a regional profile) drafted and outreach underway to inform the existing-conditions chapter.
The plan’s stated vision, Kate said, is to advance mobility equity by investing in a regional active-transportation network that makes walking, rolling and bicycling safe and viable for all users regardless of age, ability and income. Staff reported the active-transportation survey in the prior year drew 508 responses and that staff will conduct 30‑minute interviews with municipal representatives to map existing facilities and local concerns.
Kate and NVCOG staff also described a new roadway safety audit (RSA) training offer in partnership with the T2 Center and others. The RSA program will pair a classroom/training workshop with an on‑site audit of a local street; NVCOG plans to add a public‑engagement element to RSAs going forward and to establish a request system so towns can apply to host an audit and training. Staff said they have practiced two RSAs and will distribute a sign‑up list and timeline.
Multiple municipalities expressed interest in hosting a training and pilot RSA (Bristol identified Redstone Hill Road as a candidate). NVCOG staff said the walk portion can be done with staff and that public meetings, surveys and canvassing will be used to gather community feedback where appropriate.
