City adopts Vision 0 action plan to reduce serious traffic injuries and deaths by 2032

The Stamford Planning Board on April 8 voted unanimously to adopt the Vision 0 Action Plan, a city roadmap designed to eliminate serious and fatal traffic crashes by 2032.

City transportation planner Luke Buttonweiser presented the plan, describing extensive public engagement and 57 policy recommendations organized under three categories: Collaborate and Engage, Analyze and Adapt, and Redesign and Implement. "We wanted this plan to be made for Stamford residents by Stamford residents," Buttonweiser said, noting more than 3,000 community engagements and an implementation emphasis on prioritized projects.

Buttonweiser highlighted five priorities: dedicate funding for Vision 0 improvements, focus on the high‑injury network, prioritize staff requests for unsafe roads, reduce speed limits and design speeds, and create pedestrian safety zones (enabled by recent state law). He said the plan includes annual reporting, a crash data dashboard and quick‑build actions that city crews can implement without separate planning studies.

Board members asked about ADA coordination and metrics for measuring progress. Buttonweiser said the ADA advisory council chair sits on the Vision 0 Task Force and the plan calls for publishing annual Vision 0 reports with crash and enforcement data. Ravi Subramanian moved to accept the plan as a city plan; Bill Levin seconded and the board approved the adoption unanimously.

The Planning Board framed the adoption as a policy‑level step to guide project prioritization and funding allocation going forward.