Sign the #VisionZeroDurham Petition
Mayor O'Neal and City Council members
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Last November 20, during the memorial event for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, we remembered the twenty-two individuals who had died in road traffic crashes in Durham through that date in 2022. We know others have been killed and seriously injured since then, including two pedestrians killed on Alston Avenue and Hillsborough Road in the past month. We know that many more have been seriously injured in traffic crashes.
In September 2017, Durham became one of the first cities in North Carolina to officially adopt a Vision Zero program. The Vision Zero resolution approved by the Durham City Council affirmed the City’s commitment to eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Vision Zero calls for a shift to a safe systems approach to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. It acknowledges that humans inevitably make mistakes, and calls for streets and roads to be designed to accommodate these mistakes. This means designing for slower speeds and protected spaces for all streets users.
We have seen too little progress since 2017. We are calling City Council to make a re-commitment to Vision Zero through adopting this #VisionZeroDurham agenda.
Fund a full-time, dedicated Vision Zero Coordinator. The person in this position will lead an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary team in identifying, prioritizing, and implementing measures to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries. It’s important to hire this position now as a Vision Zero Action plan will be developed later this year.
Fund the repair of existing sidewalks, bring curb ramps up to ADA standards and convert all existing bike lanes into protected bike lanes.
Provide annual funding commitments for traffic calming and the completion of safe city-wide sidewalk and protected bike lane networks.
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Mayor O'Neal and City Council members
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[Your Name]
We request that you incorporate funding in the 2023-24 budget to fully fund the Vision Zero Durham Agenda to end deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes.
On average over the past five years, more than thirty people die each year in traffic crashes in Durham. Many more are seriously injured.
In September 2017, Durham became one of the first cities in North Carolina to officially adopt a Vision Zero program. The Vision Zero resolution approved by the Durham City Council affirmed the City’s commitment to eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Vision Zero calls for a shift to a safe systems approach to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all. It acknowledges that humans inevitably make mistakes, and calls for streets and roads to be designed to accommodate these mistakes. This means designing for slower speeds and protected spaces for all streets users.
We have seen too little progress since 2017. We are calling City Council to make a re-commitment to Vision Zero through adopting this #VisionZeroDurham agenda.
1) Fund a full-time, dedicated Vision Zero Coordinator. The person in this position will lead an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary team in identifying, prioritizing, and implementing measures to reduce traffic deaths and serious injuries. It’s important to hire this position now as a Vision Zero Action plan will be developed later this year.
2) Fund the repair of existing sidewalks, bring curb ramps up to ADA standards and convert all existing bike lanes into protected bike lanes.
3) Provide annual funding commitments for traffic calming and the completion of safe city-wide sidewalk and protected bike lane networks.
Together, we can make Durham a place where no one fears for their own lives or their loved ones because of traffic violence.