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West Allis adopts Vision Zero resolution and local safety action plan
Summary
The committee unanimously adopted two resolutions: to endorse the county Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2037 and to adopt a West Allis Safety Action Plan outlining 19 strategies and local corridors of concern.
West Allis committee members voted unanimously to adopt two resolutions endorsing Vision Zero and a local West Allis Safety Action Plan.
City staffer Tracy presented the phase-3 West Allis Safety Action Plan, describing how the county-led Vision Zero initiative aims to eliminate all traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by 2037 using a safe systems approach. Tracy said the plan builds on county phase 1 and 2 work — public engagement, crash-trend analysis and a toolkit of countermeasures — and adapts those findings to a local roadmap identifying corridors of concern and a set of 19 strategies.
Tracy explained that the safe systems approach accepts that people make mistakes and seeks layered protections (safe streets, safe speeds, safe vehicles, safe people) so that any single failure does not result in death. The presentation noted coordination with Milwaukee County and other municipalities; the county’s earlier analysis identified dozens of potential projects (a county figure cited was about 522 projects, with roughly 142 described as critical) and highlighted multiple corridors across the county. Committee members acknowledged those findings but raised questions about funding and the practical limits of city authority on state-owned roads; members said adopting the plan strengthens the city’s position when requesting county or state support for improvements.
The transcript includes varying casualty counts cited during discussion: one speaker referenced roughly 20 fatalities between 2018 and 2022, another mentioned 22 fatalities and about 114 serious injuries; those counts were stated by presenters and committee members and are reported here as presented in the meeting record. Committee members expressed support for the plan while urging realistic expectations about funding and intergovernmental coordination. A motion to approve items 30 and 31 (adopt Vision Zero and the local safety action plan) was moved and seconded; the vote carried unanimously. The committee adjourned after the vote.
