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City begins Vision Zero safety‑action plan process after mapping high‑injury network
Summary
Stantec presented crash‑analysis findings showing fatal and severe injuries concentrated on roughly 10% of the city’s roadway network, with peak serious crashes during school dismissal and evening rush hours. The draft safety action plan will prioritize fatal and serious‑injury sites and recommend implementable engineering and policy countermeasures.
The commission received the first public milestone presentation for a city‑led comprehensive safety action plan (SS4A‑funded). Chris Bonitz of Stantec described the analysis of five years of crash data that produced a 'high‑injury network' — a relatively small share of the city’s roads where fatal and serious‑injury collisions are concentrated.
Bonitz said the plan prioritizes crash severity over frequency and highlighted that school dismissal and the afternoon rush (roughly 2–6 p.m.) show elevated crash severities. He said driver contributing actions commonly include careless or negligent driving and that rear‑end collisions are frequent in urban, congested corridors. The plan’s next steps include additional public and stakeholder engagement, focused infrastructure and policy recommendations (for example, protected left‑turn treatments, crossing enhancements or pedestrian/bicycle countermeasures where pedestrian/bicycle crash shares are high), and prioritization of projects that can win implementation funding.
Commissioners emphasized the need to coordinate closely with Miami‑Dade County on county‑owned streets and to align the safety action plan with existing capital projects and traffic studies so recommendations can be implemented efficiently. Bonitz said the team will look for countermeasures tied to robust crash patterns and will build a prioritized implementation list to support grant applications.
The city will continue public outreach and expects to present refined recommendations next spring, using the safety plan both as a policy framework and as a tool to pursue implementation funding.
