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City of San Leandro Meeting Date: March 21, 2022 Resolution - Council Agenda Section:File Number:22-142 ACTION ITEMS Agenda Number: TO:City Council FROM:Fran Robustelli City Manager BY:Sheila Marquises Acting Engineering & Transportation Director FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable TITLE:RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Adopt a Vision Zero Traffic Safety Policy WHEREAS, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, each year approximately 40,000 people are killed in traffic collisions in the United States; and WHEREAS, between 2014 and 2018, traffic collisions on streets and highways in San Leandro killed 15 people and gave life-altering injuries to 67 people; and WHEREAS, the City Council and departmental leadership are dedicated to strategies that aim to eliminate deaths and reduce serious injuries on City streets; and WHEREAS, seniors, children, people of color, people with disabilities, people in low-income communities, people walking, and people bicycling face a disproportionate risk of traffic injuries and fatalities; and WHEREAS, Vision Zero is a public health-based traffic safety strategy to reduce and eventually eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries using a data-driven, multi-disciplinary, and safe systems approach that also increases healthy, sustainable, and equitable mobility for all; and WHEREAS, if Vision Zero is the transportation safety goal, Safe System is the implementation strategy that will allow cities nationwide to affect change; and WHEREAS, Vision Zero recognizes that while human error will always occur, a combination of engineering, education, and enforcement measures can reduce collisions and can prevent collisions from causing death or severe injuries; and WHEREAS, the National Roadway Safety Strategy and the California Strategic Highways Safety Plan offer strategies to get to zero fatal and severe injuries through creating a safety Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/16/2022