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Committee backs quick‑action Vision Zero measures, asks council to approve plan
Summary
The Sustainability & Transportation Committee voted to move a quick‑action Vision Zero plan to the full council for approval. The plan bundles short‑term engineering, enforcement and education measures intended to reduce severe crashes over the next 12 months while staff develops a full Vision Zero implementation plan.
The City of Portland Sustainability & Transportation Committee on June 3 voted to ask the full City Council to approve a package of near‑term Vision Zero “quick action” measures intended to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries in the coming year.
Assistant City Manager Greg Jordan presented the quick‑action package, which the committee described as an initial set of programmatic, engineering, enforcement and communications measures that staff says can be pursued largely within existing FY26 budgets and staff capacity. Jordan said the committee’s recent adoption of an updated Complete Streets policy will provide the policy foundation for technical standards once the city proceeds to more comprehensive design work.
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