Reso 2022-049 CSA Adopt Vision Zero Traffic Study

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RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2022-049 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 culture and a safe system, which establishes safe speeds, safe roads, post -crash care, safe road users, and safe vehicles, and a combination of engineering, education, and enforcement measures that can reduce collisions and can prevent collisions from causing death or severe injuries; and WHEREAS, increasing real and perceived safety for people walking and bicycling is a key step in enabling more people to choose these clean air modes of transportation that will support the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and Climate Action Plan goals; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council RESOLVES as follows: That Vision Zero is the Citywide guiding principle for transportation planning, streets and sidewalks design, funding, and the maintenance of the public rights of way; and That the City shall plan and design its transportation system with the overriding goal of eliminating fatalities and serious injuries among all system users particularly those from