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Safety advocates urge council not to cut Vision Zero programs as PBOT faces shortfall
Summary
Families for Safe Streets, The Street Trust and other advocates urged the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee to protect multimodal safety programs and reaffirm Portland's Vision Zero commitments, warning that cuts would cost lives amid rising traffic fatalities.
Pedestrian and bicycle safety advocates urged the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee to protect safety programs and to publicly recommit to Vision Zero as PBOT confronts budget pressures.
"Ensuring stable funding for PBOT, and its critical safety and multimodal programs isn't just about balancing a budget. It's about saving lives and keeping Portland moving in the right direction," Sarah Iannarone, executive director of The Street Trust, said in testimony. Families for Safe Streets and other advocates warned that cutting safety programs would lead to more pedestrian deaths and urged the committee…
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