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Durango council adopts nonbinding Vision 0 resolution to pursue goal of zero traffic deaths
Summary
Council adopted a nonbinding Vision 0 resolution directing staff to form a cross‑functional team and community advisory group to draft a legally binding Vision 0 policy and a plan to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero.
The Durango City Council voted on July 7 to adopt a nonbinding resolution committing the city to Vision 0 goals — a safe‑system approach that aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries — and to direct staff to develop a policy and action plan.
Lily Oswald, the city’s multimodal manager, outlined Vision 0’s principles, including speed management, street‑design changes, education and enforcement, and improved data and transparency. She told council the resolution itself does not mandate staffing or a budget but instructs staff to form a cross‑functional Vision 0 team and a community advisory group to draft a binding Vision 0 policy and plan, which would be integrated into the multimodal transportation plan during its next update.
Council discussion focused on community engagement, fiscal implications, multimodal scope (including potential effects on bicycle and trail safety), and coordination with county and state partners for roads outside city jurisdiction. Oswald said while the resolution carries no immediate fiscal impact, a future Vision 0 policy would likely affect capital priorities and require funding choices.
By roll call the council adopted the resolution; councilors expressed support for the goals and emphasized the need for broad community participation in drafting implementation details.
Next steps: staff will form the cross‑functional team and advisory group, work with the city’s community engagement specialist to recruit members, and return with a proposed Vision 0 policy and plan development timeline.
