Across City of Longmont departments, work is ongoing to reach the City's goal of eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes by 2040. This goal was adopted in 2023 and dedicated staff were hired in 2024.
Las estrategias de Visión Cero se están aplicando en todo el mundo para erradicar las muertes y lesiones graves por accidentes de tránsito y, al mismo tiempo, aumentar las opciones de transporte seguras y equitativas. La Ciudad de Longmont adoptó Visión Cero en 2023 con el objetivo de reducir a cero las muertes y lesiones graves por accidentes de tránsito en los caminos de la ciudad para 2040.
Fall 2024: Launched this group open to any and all community members and key stakeholders interested in Vision Zero in Longmont. This task force is intended to convene on an ongoing basis to help the City develop, implement, evaluate, and update a Vision Zero Equitable Action Plan (VZEAP-listed above) over time.
Q4 2024: The first three meetings occurred in October, November, and December.
2025: 6 Vision Zero Task Force Meeting (open to the public) were held at the Senior Center.
Early & mid 2024: Staff were hired to implement Vision Zero. Currently seeking funding and identifying both internal and external key stakeholder to help develop the City's first transportation safety plan a.k.a. VZEAP.
The following is considered VZEAP pre-work:
Aug 2024 - USDOT awarded the City a Safe Streets for All Grant (SS4A) to fund a Vision Zero Equitable Action Plan (VZEAP), as well as a:
Q3 2024: Completed some baseline Vision Zero data analysis, including compiling and/or mapping:
Winter 2024-2025: In progress on the SS4A grant contracting process with USDOT.
2025: