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TPO adopts local safety performance targets aiming to cut fatalities and serious injuries
Summary
The Knoxville TPO adopted locally set safety performance targets for 2021–2025 that align with its regional Vision Zero commitment: staff recommended a 5% annual reduction (two‑thirds by 2045) in fatalities and serious injuries, and the board approved local targets by voice vote to enable tracking and grant applications.
The Knoxville Transportation Planning Organization adopted local safety performance targets at its Feb. 1 meeting, directing staff to track progress against locally set goals that mirror the region’s Vision Zero aim to reduce fatalities and serious injuries by two‑thirds by 2045.
Mike Conger of TPO staff presented background and recommended local targets for five federally required safety measures (number of fatalities, fatalities per vehicle‑mile traveled, number of serious injuries, serious injuries per VMT and non‑motorized fatalities and serious injuries).…
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