MPO adopts Vision Zero Web Laredo safety action plan with $33 million project list, seeks federal implementation funds

The Metropolitan Planning Organization policy committee on April 16 adopted the "Vision 0 Web Laredo" comprehensive safety action plan, a data-driven strategy that identifies roughly $33 million in capital projects and a set of policy, education and enforcement actions intended to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, presenters said.

Jed Brown, chair of the Regional Mobility Authority (RMA), told the committee that the plan was developed in partnership among the RMA, the City of Laredo and the MPO and that the RMA board had already adopted the plan. "We've had over a hundred — I believe it's 90 — meetings over the course of the last year and a half," Brown said, describing broad community and stakeholder engagement that included police, school districts and hundreds of residents.

Jason Rodriguez of LJ Engineering, who presented the technical summary, said the plan used crash data from 2018–2022 to identify high-priority corridors and contributing factors.…