Vision Zero Action Plan - 2017 | Page 12

THE STORY FOR ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS IN LOS ANGELES
ADOPT NEW POLICY AND LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN SAFETY
• Pursue legislation to enhance speed enforcement .
• Develop a state legislative strategy with the Mayor , the Los Angeles City Council , and the Los Angeles – area state delegation to strengthen laws related to moving violations that contribute to fatal and severe injury collisions .
• Pursue legislation to prevent traffic collisions with people walking in crosswalks and at other controlled intersections .
RESPOND TO RELEVANT DATA
• Include Vision Zero principles in the 2017 LAPD Traffic Plan .
• Update the High-Injury Network with 2014 – 16 data . Continue to expand data sharing among the Departments of Transportation , Water and Power , City Planning , Los Angeles Police and Fire , and the Bureau of Public Works .
• Work with local trauma hospitals to include Emergency Medical Services data in our database to identify magnitude and locations of underreporting of collisions that result in deaths or serious injury .
We will measure our progress of the success with the following benchmarks :
2017 : 20-percent reduction in traffic deaths ( compared with 2016 ). 2020 : 50-percent reduction in traffic deaths ( compared with 2016 ). 2025 : Elimination of traffic deaths Citywide .
We all pay the price — financially , emotionally , socially — when someone gets hurt on our streets . Rather than live with this consequence , we instead can invest in making our roads safer so that severe injuries do not happen . Redesigning our streets , enforcing traffic laws , and changing behavior is a multimillion dollar endeavor . We will need sufficient funding to meet our ambitious goals . This plan will inform how the City will budget , allocate , and reallocate resources to achieve Vision Zero .
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