Orange County pushes Vision Zero plan to cut roadway deaths, seeks grants and local funding

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County staff presented the recently adopted Vision Zero (Vision 0) action plan with a goal to eliminate fatalities and severe injuries by 2040, outlined a 50‑item countermeasure toolkit and said the county is pursuing federal grants and using local Accelerated Transportation Safety Program funds to begin short‑term projects.

County transportation staff on Nov. 13 outlined a newly adopted Vision Zero action plan that sets an aspirational countywide goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2040 and ties that target to a set of prioritized safety countermeasures and funding strategies.

Humberto Castellaro, who led the TransMAC presentation, said the plan is data driven and regionally coordinated, drawing on five years of Florida Department of Transportation crash data and regionwide planning through MetroPlan. "The purpose for us is to eliminate fatalities and severe injuries by the year 2040," Castellaro said. He added, "We will not accept anything but 0," describing that target as both ambitious and urgent.

Why it matters: Castellaro told commissioners that vulnerable road users — pedestrians, bicyclists and motorcyclists — make up a large share of local fatalities, and that county crash mapping and a 24‑corridor high‑injury network identify where…

Orange County pushes Vision Zero plan to cut roadway deaths, seeks grants and local funding

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