Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: August 13, 2024
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
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FROM: Joseph C. Kunkel, P.E., Director, Public Works Department
CONTACT: Humberto L. Castillero, P.E., PTOE, Manager
PHONE: (407) 836-7891
DIVISION: Traffic Engineering Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval and execution of Resolution of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners regarding Orange County’s Adoption of a Vision Zero Action Plan with a goal of eliminating all traffic related fatalities and serious injuries by 2040. All Districts. (Traffic Engineering Division)
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PROJECT: Vision Zero Action Plan and Adoption of Resolution
PURPOSE: This discussion is to address the adoption of the Vision Zero Action Plan, which implements the safe systems approach and strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. The goal of Vision Zero is to integrate safety principles during the planning and implementation of transportation programs and projects countywide.
On August 9, 2022, the Board took a significant step by adopting a resolution to develop a Vision Zero Action Plan - a comprehensive initiative aimed at enhancing transportation safety in Orange County. In 2023, MetroPlan Orlando secured a $3.8 million federal Safe Streets for All grant to address serious safety concerns within the region. These funds are being utilized to cover the cost of coordinated Vision Zero Action Plans in their three-county service area and twenty-two municipalities, including Orange County, with the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries and creating safer roads for both the 2.2 million residents and 75 million tourists who visit Central Florida annually.
The Traffic Engineering Division has developed the Vision Zero Action Plan in order to achieve this goal by using a data-driven analysis to understand where the County may strategically deploy its resources to attain our collective goal of eliminating fatalities and serious injuries by 2040.
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