Where: Congress
What does Vision Zero funding mean?
- reprioritize federal transportation spending
- favoring communities that redesigning streets to eliminate pedestrian deaths & accommodate multiple transportation methods
Which federal Transportation funding programs would be impacted?
- Surface Transportation Block Grant Program
- Highway Safety Improvement Program
- Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program
Why? National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found a 5 year uptick in pedestrian and cyclist deaths
Curbed | New bill aims to counter alarming rise in pedestrian deaths with funding for safer streets