Kimberly Horne Associates presented the Oklahoma City Vision Zero action plan at the Traffic and Transportation Commission meeting, highlighting a data‑driven strategy to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on city streets and outlining implementation steps and funding opportunities.

The consultant, Varol Orozco of Kimberly Horne Associates, told commissioners the plan is organized in three parts: a vision and engagement summary, a data and analysis chapter, and a set of recommendations. The project was funded under the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program; equity was a required consideration in the planning process, Orozco said. The plan’s advisory board included former Commissioner Cornett and Nguyen (both referenced by the consultant) and Captain Fredrickson from the police department.

Key findings and recommendations: the team analyzed crash records from the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office for 2017–2021 and reported about 75,000 total crashes in that period. From that analysis they identified a high‑injury network that covers about 6.6% of the city’s roadway mileage and contains 87% of the city’s fatal crashes during the study period. From the high‑injury network, consultants selected seven study corridors totaling about 15 roadway miles for targeted countermeasures. The plan recommends a three‑tier countermeasure approach (systemic, targeted corridor, and site‑level) and lists 27 action items organized into five pillars: safer people, safer roads, safer speeds, safer vehicles, and post‑crash care.

Public engagement and tools: consultants reported a public outreach effort from June through December, including two rounds of popup events and online surveys that drew about 1,800 contributions. The project team created an interactive public crash dashboard that displays the high‑injury network and the underlying crash data and filters used in the analysis; the dashboard is embedded in the plan materials and was presented to the Planning Commission on Jan. 9 and Jan. 23, which recommended the plan to City Council.

Implementation and funding: Orozco said the final step is City Council consideration and adoption, with a council introduction scheduled for Feb. 11 and a planned adoption vote on Feb. 25. Adoption is a prerequisite for applying to the SS4A implementation grants (the capital funding opportunity), which the consultant said they expect to open in March but noted the timing is subject to federal administration decisions. The plan pairs recommended treatments with implementation partners and potential funding sources and assigns short, medium and long‑term timeframes.

Enforcement and behavior change: commissioners asked how the plan addresses driver behavior versus roadway conditions. Orozco said the report’s Chapter 3 intersects crash circumstances (for example, impairment or distraction when recorded) with roadway and environmental characteristics; the analysis highlights both behavioral and roadway contributors but notes limitations in accurately coding distraction or similar behaviors in crash reports. Orozco pointed to specific policy‑level recommendations that address education and enforcement, and cited a recommended action to "continue Oklahoma City Police Department partnership with Oso to improve road user behavior and an advanced educational safety campaign," language that appears in the plan’s action list.

What happens next: the consultant urged adoption so the city can pursue implementation funding and begin project‑level design on the seven study corridors and other countermeasure priorities. Commissioners thanked the consultant for an extensive engagement effort and asked staff to track adoption and grant opportunities closely.

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