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Safe Streets briefing: Tigard analysis flags high‑risk corridors, equity impacts and 12 priority sites
Summary
City staff and consultant presented a Safe Streets Action Plan funded by a $240,000 SS4A grant, mapping high‑injury and high‑risk networks, identifying 10 speeding concern corridors and proposing 12 city‑owned priority corridors for further study and possible quick‑build or longer‑term projects.
City transportation staff and a consultant on Monday presented preliminary findings from the Safe Streets Action Plan funded by a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant, identifying Tigard corridors where changes to design and speed management are most likely to reduce deaths and serious injuries.
Principal transportation planner Tiffany Gerke summarized the project and its data foundation, saying the city received a $240,000 SS4A grant to develop a safety action plan and that the study combines historic crash records with a proactive risk analysis. “The idea is that we want to eliminate fatal and serious injuries for all road users,” Gerke said.
Consultant project manager Talia Jacobson told the council the team analyzed five years of crash reports (through…
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