Delray Beach unveils Vision Zero planning effort as residents press for safety fixes at Linton/Atlantic crossing

Jason Kaufman, engineering division manager for the City of Delray Beach's Department of Public Works, opened a public meeting to solicit input on the city's Vision Zero action plan, saying the city received a federal Safe Streets for All grant from the Federal Highway Administration to develop the plan and become eligible for further safety funding.

"This effort here today is to gather input from the public," Kaufman said, and he turned the presentation over to consultants from Kimley Horn.

Brad, a Kimley Horn consultant, walked through five years of crash data and said the project will pair community input with technical analysis to produce a draft plan the city must formally adopt to be eligible for implementation grants. He said the draft high-injury network identifies a narrow set of streets that account for a large share of crashes: "These red streets represent just 12% of the city's total roadway network, yet they cover 77% of all of the crashes and 80% of all of the severe crashes." The consultant also noted that 36% of severe…