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HDR presents SS4A safety-action plan update identifying four priority corridors and a proposed target year

Columbus City Council · August 5, 2025
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Summary

John Mart of HDR told the Columbus City Council that a federally funded Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) safety-action plan will focus on four priority corridors after community engagement and crash-analysis work.

John Mart, an engineer with HDR working with Columbus City staff on the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) project, gave an in-progress update on a federally grant-funded safety-action plan that began earlier in 2025 and is expected to continue into early 2026. The study follows an eight-step grant requirement and combines community engagement with data-driven safety analysis.

HDR told the council the project identified an overrepresentation of fatalities and serious injuries among people walking and biking: "From 2017 to 2023, there have been 63 people who have died or were seriously injured on roads in the Columbus area," Mart said. The presentation cited speeding, failure to comply with traffic-control devices, distracted driving and impaired driving as…

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