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Resolutions Supporting an Application for a 2024 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grant and Advancing a Carrboro Vision Zero Initiative
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council consider resolutions in support of an application for the National Safety Council's 2024 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grant and to commit to a Vision Zero goal.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact;
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning & Transportation Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The grant, if awarded, would provide the Town with an opportunity to develop a comprehensive approach to regular traffic collection on town streets to help inform systematic traffic calming and possible modifications to local street standards. The project would support the implementation of Transportation & Mobility strategy 2.2-E and F in the Comprehensive Plan. Pocket questions are provided as Attachment F.
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Information
INFORMATION: In early November, the National Safety Council announced a funding opportunity for the 2024 Road to Zero Coalition's Community Traffic Safety Grants Community Traffic Safety Grants - National Safety Council (nsc.org). The program, funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is designed to fund projects, programs, and research to help achieve the goal of zero traffic (Attachment B). The Road to Zero program focuses on implementing the three pillars of the Road to Zero strategy: 1) doubling down on what works through proven, evidence-based strategies, 2) advancing life-saving technology in vehicles and infrastructure, and 3) adopting a Safe Systems approach and creating a positive safety culture. The Safe System approach is to des...
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