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Lexington council receives Street Safety Task Force action plan with 12 priority recommendations
Summary
Legislative aides presented a 12-item Street Safety Task Force action plan emphasizing quick-build pilots, a roundabout feasibility study, enforcement evaluation and ongoing community engagement after reporting 1,752 collisions with injuries in 2025.
Lexington Fayette Urban County Councilors received the final Street Safety Task Force report and an associated action plan during the Feb. 10, 2026 work session, with staff and council sponsors laying out next steps for implementation.
Alyssa McKenzie and Sylvia Cassidy, legislative aides who presented the report, summarized the task force’s process and the 12 recommendations the group prioritized. Presenters said the task force focused on short-term, high-impact projects that could be replicated across districts and that public engagement guided prioritization. McKenzie said the group emphasized that traffic crashes are an emergency and cited 2025 figures: 1,752 collisions with injuries, 99 serious injuries and 15 pedestrian fatalities.
The action plan includes a roundabout feasibility study, quick-build pilot projects to test low-cost infrastructure changes, a mapping tool and a public feedback process via EngageLexington that drew roughly 250 responses. The top three public priorities in the task force feedback were a roundabout study, a no-parking-and-bike-lane ordinance, and automated enforcement pilots.
Presenters said the implementation matrix ties specific council sponsors, divisions and staff to timelines for the recommendations and that the plan is being treated as a living document, to be updated as work progresses. Several council members thanked the task force participants and staff for extensive community outreach and cross-agency coordination.
Vice Mayor Wu said the task force should inform the city’s winter response and recommended folding complete-streets thinking into snow- and ice-related planning. Council members moved several of the task force items into committee for further work and funding discussions; Vice Mayor Wu announced the task force would be formally disbanded now that a final plan and implementation matrix exist.
Next steps include staff continuing agency coordination, targeted feasibility studies and the allocation of fund-balance or grant resources for pilot projects. Council sponsors will provide periodic updates as items move through committees and capital or operating-budget processes.
