Vision Zero Action Plan identifies actions to comprehensively improve transportation safety for all

Key Points

• Boulder County is developing a Vision Zero Action Plan to improve transportation safety and proactively reduce crash risk at other key locations.
• The Vision Zero project team has completed the Draft Vision Zero Action Plan and is asking the public to provide feedback by June 15.
• View the draft plan, take the survey, and sign up for updates at boco.org/VisionZeroActionPlan, or contact the project team by email at visionzero@bouldercounty.gov.

Boulder County, Colo. - Boulder County, in partnership with the City of Lafayette and Town of Superior, has completed a draft of the Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP). Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries, making travel safer and easier for all. The Action Plan identifies a variety of actions to comprehensively improve transportation safety for all users in the coming years.

The VZAP effort began in Spring 2024 and included detailed analyses of historic traffic crashes, risk factors, and community input. The county is seeking feedback on the Draft Action Plan through a survey that will be available on the website until June 15, 2025. Learn more about the VZAP effort, review the draft Action Plan, and take the survey by visiting boco.org/VisionZeroActionPlan.

Boulder County's Vision Zero Goal

Boulder County's Vision Zero goal identified in the 2020 Transportation Master
Plan (TMP) is to eliminate all serious injury and fatal traffic crashes by 2035. The
Vision Zero Action Plan identifies and prioritizes strategies and actions for the
next ten years to work towards this goal.

The plan process included a comprehensive technical safety analysis to identify
overall crash trends and high-crash locations of focus, called a High-Injury
Network (HIN), as well as identifying top crash types to address systemwide. The plan's study area includes county owned and maintained roads and highways owned and maintained by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).

Steps moving forward will include pursuing funding from a variety of sources and refining the prioritization of actions.

Project Schedule and Contact Information

The VZAP effort will culminate in three Vision Zero Action Plans (for unincorporated Boulder County, Jamestown, Nederland, and Ward; Lafayette; and Superior) scheduled for completion in 2025.

For more information, contact Liv Lewin, Boulder County Vision Zero Program Manager, at visionzero@bouldercounty.gov or 720-564-2292.

Draft Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan cover

Severe Crash Types from the Draft Boulder County Vision Zero Action Plan

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