KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Keeping you safe on the road will be a topic of discussion for leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, Wednesday.
City Council members want to totally eliminate traffic deaths by the year 2030 as part of the nationwide “Vision Zero” movement.
Vision Zero is about making changes to the road system, not necessarily changing individual driving habits, but large scale changes that make all roads safer for everyone who uses them.
More than 50 times per year, someone dies in a vehicle crash in Kansas City.
The people behind Vision Zero argue these crashes – and deaths – are not inevitable, but they are actually preventable.
Preventing crashes begins with designing better roads, using data to have police target certain areas, and giving pedestrians and bicyclists more respect by reducing speed limits or adding bike lanes, according to the movement.
The city’s Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning inside the council chambers on the 26th floor of City Hall to discuss the goal.
Members of the committee want the entire city council to agree to a timeline to get the movement going in Kansas City.
The timeline includes forming a task force by May, having the task force create a vision plan by September, making changes on the roads by next year and having zero fatalities by 2030.
