The Transportation Council is gathering public input on proposed transportation safety strategies and actions for its Capital Region Vision Zero Safety Action Plan. The Plan is seeking to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes to an eventual goal of zero on all public roadways. The proposed wide-ranging strategies are targeted to address the issues identified through analysis of crashes in the region and extensive feedback collected by stakeholders.

A recording of our virtual workshop is now available and provides the opportunity for the public to learn more about the development of the Vision Zero Safety Action Plan and comment on proposed strategies and actions to improve transportation safety.

The development of the Capital Region Vision Zero Safety Action Plan is a collaborative effort between the Transportation Council and the Cities of Albany, Saratoga Springs, Troy, and Watervliet, as well as the Village of Green Island and was made possible by a $1.15 M grant from the Federal Highway Administration through the Safe Streets and Roads for All Program. This effort includes all roadways within the Transportation Council’s planning area of Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties (except the Town of Moreau and Village of South Glens Falls). The Plan will result in area speed limit recommendations and a prioritized listing of actionable projects including capital transportation projects.

Vision Zero is a multidisciplinary approach, bringing together diverse and necessary stakeholders to address fatal and serious injuries. Vision Zero acknowledges that many factors contribute to safe mobility — including roadway design, speeds, behaviors, technology, and policies — and sets clear goals to achieve the shared goal of zero fatalities and severe injuries. This effort will be guided by the Safe System Approach, which builds and reinforces multiple layers of protection to both prevent crashes from happening in the first place and minimize the harm caused to people when crashes do occur. This approach shifts away from conventional thinking about safety because it focuses on both human mistakes AND human vulnerability, designing a system with many redundancies in place to protect everyone.

For more information about the Capital Region Vision Zero Plan and to provide feedback via an online comment form and interactive map, please visit: www.CapitalRegionVisionZero.org