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Regional Multi-Modal Safety Action Plan - Project Update
Kenneth Withrow
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The Regional Multi-Modal Safety Action Plan is a project underway and will be finalized by Fall 2025. The Regional Multi-Modal Safety Action Plan (now known as the Blueprint for Safety) when completed will better inform the safety-related performance metrics for the MPO, as well as evaluate available safety data to determine priority areas for safety improvement projects across multiple modes of travel in the region. The Blueprint for Safety will also ensure the completed plan meets the criteria for the IIJA’s Safe Streets for All program and Increasing Safe and Accessible Transportation Options planning criteria, thus allowing member agencies to apply for additional implementation funding through that program.
Following the Kickoff Workshop on March 14, Blueprint for Safety team members had been engaged in Technical Advisory Team meetings throughout the months of May and June, along with “Pop-ups”, which were held at various venues throughout the CAMPO area from late June to mid-September. Participants at the pop-ups were encouraged to complete a survey that will help the project team better understand where people feel unsafe, perceptions about causes of unsafe conditions, and core values for how citizens travel on a daily basis. The survey closed as of September 14, 2024. CAMPO staff and VHB staff have giving local board presentation about the Blueprint for Safety beginning as of August 8. Local board presentations will be made throughout the fall of 2024. VHB staff are currently working to complete their analyses for High Injury and Risk Networks, as well as summarize engagement efforts in Phase One.
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