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Vision Zero review: city staff recommend reporting, pilots and updated governance after uneven safety results
Summary
Independent CAO and LADOT evaluations found limited declines in traffic fatalities despite $334 million spent since 2015 and recommended stronger governance, balanced investment across education/enforcement/engineering/evaluation, a speed-camera pilot, and improved data sharing; the committee approved the report as amended with several council amendments.
City staff presented two independent evaluations of the Vision Zero program that found mixed results after nearly a decade and $334 million in funding.
Yolanda Chavez of the CAO summarized KPMG’s independent evaluation, which concluded Vision Zero’s effectiveness was weakened by an imbalance in spending (heavy emphasis on engineering), unclear citywide governance and missing program-management tools. The CAO reported that, while the city has invested hundreds of millions, fatalities and serious injuries remained…
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