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Consideration of request from Engineering Division to support the City of Wauwatosa Municipal Safety Action Plan with a goal to achieve zero traffic-related deaths and serious injuries in Wauwatosa by 2037
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Submitted by:
Michael May, PE, PTOE, RSP1
Department:
DPW - Engineering
A. Issue
Ninety-one people were killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes between 2018 and 2022.
B. Background/Options
Vision Zero is an initiative aimed at eliminating all traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, based on the belief that no loss of life on our roads is acceptable. Supported by the Safe System Approach, it focuses on safer people, roads, vehicles, and speeds to prevent crashes and reduce harm.
Milwaukee County applied for and received Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) funding for the Milwaukee County Complete Communities Transportation Planning Project. This project is a collaborative effort between Milwaukee County and municipal partners to increase multimodal safety and address reckless driving across all 19 municipalities of the County.
The Complete Communities Transportation Planning Project includes three phases:
* Phase One: Development of Transportation Safety Assessment Report
* Phase Two: Countywide Safety Action Plan (CSAP) Development
* Phase Three: Municipal Safety Action Plan (SAP) Development
Wauwatosa staff have coordinated with TYLin - Milwaukee County's assigned consultant - to aid in preparation of a Wauwatosa SAP under Phase Three. Note that all consultant fees were funded by Milwaukee County and the SS4A program.
At the outset of Phase Three of the Complete Communities Transportation Project, Wauwatosa staff formed a Vision Zero Action Team (VZAT). The VZAT was established as an internal, cross-departmental team representing different disciplines with a role to play in traffic safety and to guide the development and implementation of the Wauwatosa SAP.
Over the course of summer and fall of 2025, the VZAT convened...
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