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Palo Alto committee backs Safe Streets for All plan with 2035 zero-deaths target
Summary
The Palo Alto Policy & Services Committee recommended the City Council adopt the final draft of the Palo Alto Safe Streets for All safety action plan, asking council to approve a target date of 2035 to reduce fatal and serious-injury collisions to zero.
The Palo Alto Policy & Services Committee recommended the City Council adopt the final draft of the Palo Alto Safe Streets for All safety action plan, asking council to approve a target date of 2035 to reduce fatal and serious-injury collisions to zero.
The plan, presented by Sylvia Starlak, planning manager in the office of transportation, is intended to qualify the city for federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant funding and to institutionalize a “safe systems” framework for city transportation decisions. Starlak said the plan ties to other transportation efforts such as the bicycle and pedestrian transportation plan update and will allow the city to use tools including quick-build projects and policy changes that prioritize safety in trade-off decisions.
The plan uses crash data from 2018–2022 to identify a high-injury network…
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