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Miami Lakes staff launches Vision Zero master planning effort to map safety concerns
Summary
Town transportation staff told the Public Safety Committee they will run a local Vision Zero planning process this summer and asked residents to report dangerous locations via a QR-linked map; outreach and a draft plan are due this year.
Town transportation staff told the Public Safety Committee they are launching a local Vision Zero master planning process to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero.
The committee heard that the town will “piggyback” on Miami-Dade County’s Vision Zero work and create a Miami Lakes-specific map residents can use to report unsafe locations. “We’re starting right now. This is the beginning of it,” a transportation planning staff member said, asking residents to use a QR code that links to a map for reporting crashes, near-misses and pedestrian concerns.
Why it matters: committee members and staff said the exercise will shift the town’s priorities from vehicle flow to street safety and provide a consolidated, evidence-based data set the town can share with county, state and regional agencies. Staff told the committee the plan will be developed over the summer with a consultant and aims to be wrapped up by December.
Committee members asked staff to target specific corridors and to coordinate with adjacent jurisdictions and state agencies. The presentation noted that the study will evaluate county and state facilities within town limits and examine tools beyond speed bumps — for example, roundabouts, targeted trimming for sight lines and other engineering measures. “This is the study to end all studies,” the transportation staff member said, explaining the intent to collect broad community input so improvements respond to how different people experience streets.
Staff said they will also coordinate the Vision Zero work with the town’s transportation master plan and run outreach at town events; they offered to provide postcards and social posts and requested invitations to local committee events so residents can submit feedback. The committee encouraged members to walk the streets, report problem spots and invite staff to neighborhood events.
Staff asked committee members to distribute the QR map to neighbors and agreed to return with outreach materials and a schedule of public engagement milestones.
