City of Philadelphia - File #: 171055

• File #: 171055
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 11/30/2017
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Title: Calling on the Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings on the status of the City of Philadelphia's Vision Zero action plan, which is designed to reduce traffic crashes, improve performance of the street system, and promote active transportation, including bicycling, within the City.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Domb, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Greenlee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/19/2018	0	Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation & Public Utilities	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/19/2018	0	Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation & Public Utilities	HEARING HELD
6/19/2018	0	Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation & Public Utilities	RECESSED
6/6/2018	0	Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation & Public Utilities	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/6/2018	0	Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation & Public Utilities	Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing
11/30/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
11/30/2017	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Calling on the Joint Committees on the Environment and Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings on the status of the City of Philadelphia's Vision Zero action plan, which is designed to reduce traffic crashes, improve performance of the street system, and promote active transportation, including bicycling, within the City.

Body
WHEREAS, Mayor Jim Kenney signed Executive Order 11-16 on November 7, 2016 to establish the Office of Complete Streets and the Vision Zero Task Force. The executive order charged the Vision Zero Task Force with developing an action plan that would put the City of Philadelphia on a path toward zero traffic-related deaths by the year 2030; and

WHEREAS, The Vision Zero Task Force was created because of significant challenges in the City regarding traffic and safety. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that Philadelphia in 2015 experienced 6.0 traffic deaths per 100,000 residents. This rate is higher than Los Angeles (5.74) and much higher than New York City (2.87) and Boston (1.93). PennDOT reported that 96 people were killed in traffic crashes on Philadelphia streets in 2016; and

WHEREAS, Severe traffic incidents are particularly dangerous for people walking and biking. While walkers and bikers were involved in 23% of reported crashes, they represent 44% of those killed in crashes on Philadelphia streets, according to longitudinal data from PennDOT; and

WHEREAS, Bicycle safety is an area of significant concern to both the City and country. In 2017, the Governor's Highway Safety Association reported that 818 bicyclists were killed on U.S. roadways, a 12 percent increase over the previous year and the largest uptick in bicycle deaths in two decades. According to the association, seventy percent of these deaths occurred in urban areas; and

WHEREAS, In response to the Mayor's executive order, the Vision Zero Task Force brought together state and local government officials side-b...