Prepare for the implementation of proven strategies to eliminate existing severe-crash hot spots and prevent the creation of future crash hot spots in a cost-effective and lasting way.Investigate severe crash, pedestrian and cyclist-involved crash hot spots already identified to better determine causes.While the initial Vision Zero Plan does continue to move the Polk Transportation Planning Organization forward in addressing the goal of the Vision Zero Plan, it does not provide all the elements required to apply for Safe Streets for All implementation grants in future years that would include things like capital road projects.īarmby said in order to provide the missing required Vision Zero elements necessary to apply for an implementation grant and produce a robust Vision Zero Plan with highly competitive, quickly implementable projects, the 2022-2023 Action Plan funding will be used to, among other tasks: It will provide a consolidated crash database, identify important countywide conditions and trends, identify roadway fatality and incapacitating injury hot spots, and develop an initial set of “low-hanging fruit” projects within a 10-year planning horizon.Ī pedestrian waits to cross Crystal Lake Drive at U.S. He died at the scene.īarmby is encouraging city commissioners to join other municipalities and the county to develop a Vision Zero Plan, with a goal to reduce pedestrian fatalities to zero. 92 in an area with little lighting and no crosswalk. Cloud was hit by a car as he tried to cross U.S. 92 about 100 yards west of Old Dixie Highway just before 9 p.m. On March 2, deputies and paramedics rushed to U.S. Investigators say the man was placing a “garage sale” sign along the road. On July 29, a 41-year-old Lakeland man died after being hit by a car involved in an accident with another car at South Crystal Lake Drive and Lowry Avenue at about 10:15 p.m. Lakeland traffic engineer Theresa Schwartz said there have been 46 fatal or serious-injury crashes involving pedestrians or bicyclists in the past three years in Lakeland, including Lugo’s and at least two others this year. This crisis will continue to get worse until those with the power finally make safety for everyone who uses our roads the top priority.” “The result in 20 was a significant increase in all traffic fatalities, even with less driving overall. “The pandemic magnified what we’ve always known: Our nation’s streets are dangerous by design, designed primarily to move cars quickly at the expense of keeping everyone safe,” the report states. Pedestrian fatalities are up 62 percent since they began steadily rising in 2009 following years of improvement. The study shows that nationally the number of people struck and killed while walking has been steadily increasing since 2009, reaching another new high in 2020 and likely a historic one in 2021. “Our fatalities are so horrific and part of it is policy making,” Lakeland City Commissioner Sara Robert McCarley said during Friday’s meeting. The Florida Department of Transportation reports that these severe crash outcomes on Polk County roadways cost the economy an average of $1.75 billion a year in direct and indirect costs. The Lakeland/Winter Haven metropolitan area is ranked 21 out of 101 in the study, with 99 pedestrian deaths between 20. An average of 84 pedestrians and bicyclists died each year between 20. Statistics show that in the five-year period ending in 2020, an average of 126 people died and 462 people were seriously hurt while traveling on Polk roadways. Barmby spoke to Lakeland city commissioners Friday morning during their agenda study meeting to ask the commissioners to pass a resolution next Tuesday that supports Polk County’s application for the “Safe Streets for All” federal grant.
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