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Council adopts amended Safe Streets plan for review, postpones final approval to Dec. 4
Summary
Council substituted the final Safe Streets and Roads for All action plan for the draft, approved the substitute amendment 9–0 and then postponed final adoption of the plan to Dec. 4 to allow more review, corrections, and coordination (notably with INDOT) and to preserve eligibility for next-year grants.
Council members voted unanimously (9–0) to adopt an amendment substituting the final Safe Streets and Roads for All action plan into the city transportation plan, then postponed final consideration of the amended plan until Dec. 4 to allow additional review and public consideration.
Council Member Stosberg introduced Amendment 1 to replace the earlier draft with the final plan plus three appendices; the amendment passed 9–0. Planning staff presented the Safe Streets plan and summarized its major elements: adoption of the safe-systems approach; identification of a high-injury network (College & Walnut, East 3rd, College Mall Road corridors among the highest priorities); a high-risk proactive network; a toolkit of Federal Highway Administration–recommended countermeasures; and short-, medium- and long-term action items covering funding, staffing, engagement, policy and infrastructure.
Ryan Robling (planning) highlighted the plan’s emphasis on equity (appendix A), data-driven prioritization, and annual tracking via a planned crash dashboard. Staff also noted some remaining typographical errors and said the final document in the packet addendum addressed many comments from plan commission.
Council members raised questions about coordination with INDOT on state-controlled corridors, data gaps for unreported pedestrian/bicycle incidents, and the practical mechanics for moving projects from the planning list to construction. Metropolitan Planning Organization staff said strong specificity on high-risk corridors and locations—supported by the crash dashboard—will be crucial in discussions with INDOT and federal grant applications.
After debate about grant-timing and the public having had limited time to review the final addendum received that afternoon, Council Member Flaherty moved (and the council later voted) to postpone the final vote to Dec. 4 so staff can correct typos, provide the final slides to council, and allow more public input while preserving grant eligibility. The amendment itself (the substitution of the final document) remains adopted; the council will reconvene on Dec. 4 to consider final approval.
