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Planning Commission adopts Vision Zero Action Plan, setting citywide road-safety reforms and a grant timeline
Summary
The commission unanimously approved a resolution to forward the Vision Zero Action Plan to city council, endorsing systemic countermeasures, targeted corridor schematics and an implementation timeline aligned to upcoming grant cycles.
The Oklahoma City Planning Commission on Jan. 23 voted unanimously to adopt a resolution recommending the Vision Zero Action Plan and forward it to city council for final consideration. The motion to recommend adoption was made by Commissioner Linda Powers and seconded by Commissioner Jeremy Meek.
The plan, presented by consultant Monica Powell on behalf of the planning department, maps a set of engineering, programmatic and policy actions intended to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries across the city. Powell told the commission the plan bundles three types of countermeasures—systemic “toolbox” improvements, targeted corridor designs and intersection schematics—together with 27 recommended implementation actions across five policy “pillars.”
Powell described the plan’s technical work and grant-readiness effort: staff and consultants walked seven corridors selected from the city’s High Injury Network, produced 11 intersection schematics and identified priority interventions. She highlighted a proposed roundabout concept for Grand/36th on Penn Avenue that the team expects would reduce crashes at that geometric configuration by an estimated 41.7% (a crash modification factor of 0.583), and other targeted treatments at locations near US Grant High School.
The report’s policy and program recommendations include updated intersection-design guidelines, a neighborhood street traffic-calming program, an arterial traffic-calming pilot, and a post-crash multidisciplinary review team to study fatal and severe-injury collisions. The plan also recommends municipal fleet procurement standards to favor safer vehicles and emerging safety technologies.
Powell told commissioners the plan will be introduced to city council Feb. 11 and is scheduled for council adoption Feb. 25; the planning team expects relevant federal grant opportunities to open in March and said adoption would help position the city to apply for those funds.
Commissioners praised the outreach and technical detail. “It seemed well run, easy to attend,” one commissioner said during the meeting, noting broad interagency participation and responsiveness from consultants and staff.
The Planning Commission’s recommendation clears the way for council review and places the Vision Zero Action Plan into the city’s short-term implementation pipeline and grant strategy.
