Meeting Time: January 25, 2022 at 2:30pm MST
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1 Comprehensive Road Safety Update

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    Daniel Bello Gutierrez almost 3 years ago

    Living off of 19th Avenue and Indian School, i frequently commute between the I-17 and 19th Avenue and Indian School, which has been recognized by the City of Phoenix as a stretch of road with high pedestrian involved accidents. Adopting Vision Zero is a step in the right direction to protect all pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists throughout Phoenix.

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    Mitchell Willard almost 3 years ago

    Phoenix has some of the deadliest streets in the nation, even during the pandemic. Reckless driving behavior and scant accountability contributes greatly for the need of Vision Zero. As a Central Phoenix resident who regularly commutes to work via transit, I often remark how dangerous it is to simply walk to the bus stop. If the city is serious about the safety of its citizens, it needs to consider passing Vision Zero. We can’t expect the status quo to change by doing nothing to address this.

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    Andrew Knochel almost 3 years ago

    Our city must value the lives of our residents and all those who use our streets, even if we must make minor sacrifices to do so. Make Vision Zero a policy and a priority for Phoenix's streets. Anything less is prioritizing cars over human life; a trade no one would overtly make.

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    Cory Kincaid almost 3 years ago

    The volume of death we see on the streets of Phoenix is beyond acceptable, especially when tools at our disposal can save lives and meaningfully improve quality of life for pedestrians, cyclists, transit-users and drivers. A key missing piece is a policy and mandate to help ensure these tools are put to use effectively and appropriately within the diverse neighborhoods of Phoenix. As a long-time resident in Phoenix, I strongly support adoption of both the RSAP and specifically Vision Zero.

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    Natalie Veidmark almost 3 years ago

    As a parent of young and new drivers I am supportive of these efforts to make our roads safe. I also support traffic calming measures that provide cyclists and pedestrians safety while moving though our community. Thank you for your efforts to address the issues causing traffic fatalities in Phoenix.

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    Courtney Knochel almost 3 years ago

    As the president of the Phoenix Downtown Neighborhood Alliance, I support adopting Vision Zero as part of the Roadway Safety Action Plan. This is an opportunity for Phoenix leadership to embrace bipartisan collaboration and save lives. It's a fact that being on a street in Phoenix is more dangerous than other large cities -- let's fix that, support growth of multi-modal transportation, and allow Phoenix to remain competitive for $5B in federal funding via Safe Streets and Roads for All grants.

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    Caroline Lobo almost 3 years ago

    As a resident of Sunnyslope and a practicing architect working with the community in revitalizing the Hatcher Corridor, the adoption of Vision Zero is the need of the Hour. The integration of good policy and multi-modal planning principles will create safer communities for all to enjoy.

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    Kenneth Steel almost 3 years ago

    Pinnacle Prevention works across Arizona to grow healthier communities. From Durham to Denver to Houston, we've seen the Vision Zero approach work to prevent injuries and fatalities among not only pedestrians and bicyclists - it's good for drivers, too. This is the opportunity for Phoenix to develop tailored solutions that will work for our unique community. Let’s make ourselves competitive for bipartisan infrastructure and safety dollars, reverse the trends, and set ourselves up for success.

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    MaryAnn Eldon almost 3 years ago

    As a resident of Phoenix and a boardmember for Phoenix Spokes People, I request that the City of Phoenix adopt a Vision Zero component into the Roadway Safety Action Plan, because nobody wants to lose a brother, mother, daughter or grandpa to a traffic fatality. It is essential to have a Vision Zero component in the RSAP, as opposed to only using similar language, because this shows our commitment to the coalition of cities and states across the country that are part of the Vision Zero movement.

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    Candice Fremouw almost 3 years ago

    As the chairperson or Black Mountain Community Alliance we support this plan that will help improve the safety of our streets. Speeding and reckless driving are the number one concern at our meetings. (Ties with the transients/panhandling). Hopefully if we can lower the accidents we can also lower our insurance premiums. .

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    Ann Murray almost 3 years ago

    I live in an older area and I traveled weekly to schools in older areas. Watching students trying to cross Indian School, Camelback, 7th Ave, 19th Ave, 35th Ave, 43rd Ave, 51st Ave or 75th Ave was especially concerning because of the volume and speed of traffic.During rush hour, it was even worse with everyone trying to beat the lights. In my area, Shea, Cholla, and Cactus were never designed to accommodate the speed and volume of traffic experienced on a daily basis. We need Vision Zero!

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    Will Greene almost 3 years ago

    What is worth more, one minute on a commute, or a life? Life and death is at stake in city design, but Vision Zero also means we’re committed to creating streets pedestrians feel safe to linger on, to meet friends, enjoy a coffee. These spaces draw tourism and commerce. Our focus has been designing cities we can efficiently drive-through and in the process we've created too many neighborhoods not worth visiting. Support Vision Zero and the RSAP. -Will Greene, Coronado Neighborhood

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    Serena Unrein almost 3 years ago

    The Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities believes all communities should be healthy places to live and thus supports the Road Safety Action Plan and Vision Zero resolution. These policies will improve community health by ensuring that all users - regardless of mode - are able to safely access streets, and they will allow the City of Phoenix to choose solutions that work best for our street transportation system. They also will help Phoenix compete for new federal infrastructure dollars.

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    Jan Hancock almost 3 years ago

    As a former member of the City of Phoenix Parks Board for 9 years, the Governor's Growing Smarter Oversight Council for 5 years, and the author of the US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration and USDA Forest Service 300-page trails and roadways guidelines publication, I SUPPORT the VISION ZERO resolution. Healthy communities depend on this type of proactive oversight and guidance, including SAFE STREETS planning and infrastructure, in every community's General Plan Update

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    Ryan Wozniak almost 3 years ago

    The "Phoenix Crash Safety Review" concludes that there is a greater share of pedestrian and bicyclists in Phoenix than what the regional allocation of population and road crashes would predict if this burden were shared equally. Regarding proportionality, further investigation along lines of low-medium household incomes may reveal additional disproportionality. Upon approval of Vision Zero, defer to the communities most burdened is encouraged to prioritize the focus and close disparities.

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    Jim McPherson almost 3 years ago

    Wearing various hats for downtown and neighborhood revitalization, transportation planning, and public health, I wholeheartedly support the resolution to adopt a Vision Zero strategy to make our streets safer and reduce injury and death of our fellow citizens. According to ADOT's latest crash report, 2020 had the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2007, despite far fewer crashes in a year when many stayed home due to the pandemic. We can and must do better.

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    Ryan Boyd almost 3 years ago

    Phoenix is currently one of the deadliest cities in the country for crashes involving pedestrians. Adopting the Roadway Safety Action Plan with a Vision Zero resolution allows Phoenix to compete for $5 billion in bipartisan infrastructure grant money and empowers engineers to propose solutions like raised crosswalks that can dramatically improve safety without fearing that they will be criticized for not only prioritizing the speed of traffic. Let's make sure everyone can travel safely.