DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Traffic Safety and Enforcement Grant
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the submission of an application to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for funding consideration under the Statewide Pedestrian and Bicyclist Focus Education and Enforcement Effort, and authorizing the acceptance of up to $428,670.28 in federal grant funds for Vision Zero San Antonio: Traffic Safety Education and Enforcement Program, if awarded.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Vision Zero is an international effort that was first adopted in 1997 in Sweden. Several European nations and cities around the world have since also adopted Vision Zero and have achieved significant fatality reductions. Cities in the United States that have adopted the Vision Zero goal include Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle. The Vision Zero approach is summarized by the thought that no loss of life is acceptable.
Vision Zero continues many of the traditional traffic safety initiatives but goes further in its holistic approach, bringing together different stakeholders within the community to work together toward the common goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
Councilmember Shirley Gonzales submitted a City Council Request (CCR) in June of 2015 directing staff to create a Vision Zero Action Plan. In September of 2015, San Antonio Mayor Taylor initiated Vision Zero with a press conference on the steps of City Hall. Vision Zero is a being led by the Transportation & Capital Improvements Department (TCI). Vision Zero has been presented to the Governance Committee, the Transportation, Technology and Utilities Committee, and the Criminal Justice, Public Safety and Services Committee. There ...
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