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Select Board hears Vision Zero update; committee to return with ranked list of streets and draft action plan
Summary
Brookline’s Vision Zero Study Committee presented its draft action plan and a high-priority network based on five years of crash data; staff said adoption would make the town eligible for federal Safe Streets for All grants and the committee will return with a ranked list for implementation planning.
The Town of Brookline’s Vision Zero Study Committee presented a progress update to the Select Board on March 5, summarizing a year-long public engagement process and a data-driven list of streets where safety improvements could have the greatest impact.
Sam Downs, a transportation engineer in the town’s Engineering and Transportation Department, told the board the committee — first appointed in April 2022 — has convened widely with the public and a consultant firm to produce an action plan designed to reduce traffic fatalities and severe injuries to zero while improving equitable, healthy mobility for people walking, biking and driving.
Nut graf: The committee’s work combines…
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