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PBOT updates committee on Vision Zero: focus on high-crash corridors, speed management and equity
Summary
Portland Bureau of Transportation staff briefed the committee on Vision Zero data and strategies, emphasizing speed management, high-crash network focus and community engagement.
Portland Bureau of Transportation staff briefed the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Vision Zero goals, recent data trends and safety strategies the city is using to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.
Wendy Collie, PBOT deputy director of transportation operations and the city traffic engineer, said Portland’s goal remains “0 deaths on our roadways,” and described the agency’s safe systems approach. Collie summarized recent crash trends and priority responses: the bureau’s high-crash network covers about 8% of city streets yet accounts for a majority of fatal crashes; speed, alcohol or drug impairment, and…
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