Committee reviews draft Safe Streets for All safety analysis: collisions, e-bikes and high-injury network

City transportation staff on April 24 presented the safety-analysis chapter of the federally funded Safe Streets for All action plan, showing a rise in severe and fatal traffic injuries in recent years, a growing share of bicycle collisions involving e-bikes, and a proposed high-injury network for prioritizing capital and enforcement resources.

Jessica Grant, supervising transportation planner, said the federal grant funds a two-year planning effort aimed at preventing traffic fatalities and serious injuries while increasing safe, equitable mobility. Grant told the committee the grant award “was just under $800,000 with the 20% city match,” and that the chapter under review covers a five-year collision dataset from January 2020 through 2024, a period the city uses for safety analysis and for grant competitiveness.

The safety analysis…