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Rockville presents Vision 0 update after two pedestrian fatalities in 2025
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City public-works staff told the mayor and council the Vision 0 safety plan is advancing with street designs, traffic-calming installations and a federal SS4A study of 30 intersections after the city recorded two fatal and 16 serious-injury crashes in 2025.
Rockville public-works officials delivered a biannual update on the city’s Vision 0 transportation-safety program, reporting two traffic fatalities and 16 serious-injury crashes in 2025 and outlining next steps for street and intersection improvements.
Brian Barnett Woods, Traffic and Transportation division, told the council the program’s goal is to “eliminate serious injuries and deaths that are caused by traffic crashes” and walked members through the city’s high-injury network, recent traffic-calming installations, and planned projects. He said the high-injury network uses five years of crash data and that many of the locations are on state-owned roads, which requires coordination with the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.
Woods called out two 2025 pedestrian-involved fatalities — one on Frederick Road (MD 355) north of Watkins Pond Boulevard and a second at East Jefferson Street and Rollins Avenue — and said the city conducts post-crash inspections to review lighting, pavement, sidewalks and signal performance. He said the Frederick Road inspection report is already posted online and that an East Jefferson report is pending completion.
The presentation highlighted completed work in the last 12 months, including almost 2,900 linear feet of new sidewalks, retrofit or reconstruction of 211 curb ramps and 625 driveway aprons in 2025, and several traffic-calming measures (pedestrian refuges, curb extensions, raised crossings). Woods also described demonstration work on Redland Boulevard that reduced speeds but created congestion and underused on-street parking.
On major projects, the city is advancing design for the Stone Street Corridor improvements — which would add sidewalks, bicycle facilities and signal upgrades — with design expected to be complete in 2027. The Twinbrook pedestrian and bicycle bridge study has four proposal submissions and will include feasibility and cost-benefit analyses; the city expects a consultant contract and anticipates a roughly 13-month study timeline once a contract is executed. City staff also reported that a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) contract was approved and will study 30 intersections in Rockville.
Woods said the Vision 0 dashboard and project details are publicly available on the city website and encouraged residents to reach out to staff with questions about specific projects or safety concerns. The council thanked the department and signaled interest in another update in about six months.
The presentation began and concluded during the Vision 0 segment of the March 2 meeting; staff noted that some high-injury corridors are state-owned and that the city will share findings with state and county agencies for coordinated improvements.
