Vision Zero: New Dashboard Highlights Pedestrian Safety Initiatives

Several pedestrian safety projects currently underway; include crosswalks, paddles, lights

CINCINNATI – The City of Cincinnati has launched a Vision Zero dashboard that highlights the progress made on various traffic and pedestrian safety initiatives taking place across Cincinnati.

The interactive dashboard highlights the location of fatal and severe traffic crashes in Cincinnati and allows a user to track data on either a citywide or neighborhood-specific level. Data is broken down by crash type, including those involving pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles.

Users can also see where the City is implementing projects to improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. The many projects currently underway include yield paddles in crosswalks, pedestrian-activated flashing lights, “Your Speed Is” radar signs, new or restriped crosswalks, high-visibility pedestrian signage, and ADA accessible curb ramps.

These projects are the result of a competitive process developed by the City in 2018. Community Councils were asked to submit priority locations for pedestrian safety improvements, and the City then used an innovative evaluation process to review these requests. That evaluation considered factors such as:

• Proximity to schools, playgrounds, elderly housing (vulnerable users)
• Proximity to institutions, social service agencies, bus stops (pedestrian generators)
• Distance from closest traffic signal
• Speed and volume of traffic, number of travel lanes
• Crash history, incident reports (“near misses”)

Over 100 requests were received by the City and all requests were scored and ranked, and the top were selected. Construction on each project is expected to be complete by the end of 2019.

The dashboard can be accessed at https://cincinnati-oh.gov/visionzero/crash-report-dashboard/. Simply click on "Fatal and Severe Crashes" or "Vision Zero Projects" to see the respective maps.

Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic-related deaths and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. More information is available at www.cincinnati-oh.gov/visionzero.