03 Presentation - Vision Zero — original pdf
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Vision Zero Program Updates Urban Transportation Commission June 3rd, 2025 1,185 Years of Potential Life Lost in 2025 2 Serious injury and fatality trends Year to Date through April So far in 2025 the combined number of serious injuries and fatalities is 17% lower than 2024 and 41% lower than the prior five-year average (2019-2023) Data extracted 05/16/2025 Year-to-date through April 3 Serious injury and fatality trends Year to Date through April Serious injuries and fatalities are down among motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists and e- scooter riders, while those involving motorcyclists and “Other” are up -15% vs 2024 MOTOR VEHICLE MOTORCYCLE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE E-SCOOTER OTHER up 70% vs 2024 -17% vs 2024 -92% vs 2024 -100% vs 2024 up 100% (n=1 in 2025) 20 40 0 60 80 100 120 140 4 4 Data extracted 05/16/2025 Prior 5 yr avg. (2019 - 2023) 2024 2025 Year-to-date through April Serious injury and fatality trends Year to Date through April Fatalities on City-owned roadways continue their downward trend, While fatalities on non-City roadways are up 73% vs 2024 COA Roadway Non-COA Roadway 14 12 8 9 12 12 10 11 10 7 5 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 5 Data extracted 05/16/2025 Year-to-date through April 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Program Updates Designing Safer Streets • 2018 Bond Vision Zero funding anticipated to be fully spent by end of 2025 • Accelerating 2020 Bond Vision Zero spending • Major intersection safety projects • • • Pedestrian crossings Street lighting Low-cost, systemic safety projects citywide • Where we’ve invested in safe infrastructure, we’ve seen positive results • • • 29% decrease in injuries and fatalities at major intersection safety project locations 70% decrease in left-turn crashes where left turn protection has been added 64% and 58% decrease in high-risk speeding on Barton Springs Rd. and Bluff Springs Rd. corridors, respectively • Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Implementation • 6 Major Intersections; dozens of low-cost, systemic treatments; 8-10 Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons; Citywide Lighting Plan 6 Program Updates Citywide Lighting Plan • Co-led by Vision Zero, Austin Energy and the Parks and Recreation Department • Funded through 2022 SS4A Grant • Plan elements will include • Citywide lighting inventory and gap analysis • Updated street and park lighting design guidelines • New pedestrian and trail lighting guidelines • Policy recommendations and code updates • Prioritization framework for new lighting • Public input opportunities • Online materials and survey In-person Open Houses • • • June 13 Austin Central Library June 14 Huston-Tillotson Library 7 Photo: The Daily Texan Program Updates Promoting Safe Behaviors • Implementing seasonal campaigns focused on most dangerous driving behaviors: • Speeding • Impaired Driving • Distracted Driving • Failure to Yield • Expanded No Refusal DWI initiative with APD to 365 days per year in 2024 • Formed new partnerships with Travis County’s DWI Court and Transformative Youth Justice programs 8 Impaired driving campaign, March 2025 Program Updates Data and Evaluation • Vision Zero 10 Year Retrospective Report will be published this fall • Developing new business intelligence tools to measure long-term safety impacts of TPW projects • Incorporating Austin-Travis County EMS data, Austin Fire Department data and other data sources into Vision Zero crash incident database • Updating High-Injury Network in 2025 visionzero.austin.gov/viewer 9 Distracted Driving What the data shows • Distracted Driving recorded as a contributing factor in 13% of serious injury and fatal crashes in Austin between 2020-2024 • We know there is substantial underreporting • Cell phone use is likely involved in 27% of all • crashes (National Safety Council) 35-40% of trips involve phone distraction (Cambridge Mobile Telematics) • Young drivers (16-24) are nearly three times more likely to be involved in a distraction- affected crash than older drivers (CDC) • Sending or reading a text takes a driver's eyes off the road for about 5 seconds. At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of an entire football field with your eyes closed (NHTSA) 10 Distracted Driving Evidence-based countermeasures Policy • Hands-free legislation • More effective than simply banning texting Education and enforcement • High-visibility enforcement combined with paid and earned media to increase perceived risk of getting a ticket • Sustained awareness campaigns and media coverage Telematics and Usage-Based Insurance Programs • Opt-in programs that incentive safe driving 11 Questions? austintexas.gov/department/vision-zero 12