The draft Vision Zero Action Plan contains over 50 actions aimed at eliminating traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2040. We want to hear from you! From July 12-August 6, the City is seeking public feedback via the online survey, in-person and virtual public events, and public comment on presentations to City boards and commissions.
Read the Plan and Take the Survey
The survey closes August 6! It takes you through four sections of the Action Plan. You can read each section as you take the survey, or download the full plan.
Watch the presentation
Public Events
- Tabling at the Farmers' Market, 710 Haight Ave, Saturday, July 17, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
- In-person and Outdoor Open House, Alameda Ave at Park St, Saturday, July 17, 2:00-5:00 p.m.
- Virtual Public Forum, Via Zoom, Wednesday, July 21, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Presentations to City Boards and Commissions
Each year, an average of two people die and 221 suffer from an injury from traffic collisions in Alameda. Crashes involving people walking and biking are disproportionately dangerous, representing 62% of fatal and severe injury crashes. Seniors and young people are over-represented in severe crashes as well, and the majority of people who died on Alameda streets from 2009-2018 were seniors walking.
Read the 2009-2018 crash analysis
Traffic fatalities and serious injuries
|
Average per year, 2009-2018
|
2019 |
2020 |
Jan-June 2021 (6 months)
|
All modes
|
|
|
|
|
| Killed |
1.9 |
1 |
4 |
2
|
Severely injured
|
10 |
6 |
5
|
3 |
All injuries
|
221 |
273 |
167
|
80 |
| Pedestrians |
|
|
|
|
| Killed |
0.8
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
Severely injured
|
3 |
3 |
2
|
1 |
All injuries
|
33 |
44 |
30
|
19 |
| Bicyclists |
|
|
|
|
Killed
|
0.2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Severely injured
|
3
|
1 |
0
|
1 |
All injuries
|
38 |
29
|
24
|
9 |
In a motor vehicle
|
|
|
|
|
| Killed |
0.6 |
0
|
1 |
0 |
Severely injured
|
3
|
2 |
3
|
1 |
All injuries
|
139 |
196 |
109
|
49 |
Riding a motorcycle
|
|
|
|
|
| Killed |
0.3 |
1
|
0 |
0 |
Severely injured
|
2 |
0 |
0
|
0 |
All injuries
|
12
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
The City uses its high injury corridor maps to prioritize traffic safety improvements where they are needed most. In Alameda, 73% of crashes occur on high injury corridors, even though they only cover 20% of the streets. These corridors are the stretches of road with the highest crash densities, weighted by severity and broken into three tiers, with Tier 1 indicating the streets with the greatest frequency and severity of crashes.
High injury corridor maps:
The Alameda Vision Zero Policy (2019) declares that public safety is the highest priority in managing the city transportation system, with the goal of reducing and eventually eliminating fatalities and severe injuries among all road users.
The Policy for Improvements to Visibility (Daylighting) (2019) increases traffic safety by calling for sufficient visibility at intersections, enabling drivers to see motor vehicle and bicycle traffic in the cross street, as well as pedestrians entering the crosswalk.
(Source: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency)
The Policy on Street Width, Lane Width, Crosswalks, and Bulb-outs (2020) prioritizes safety for vulnerable road users, establishes standard travel lane widths, provides guidance on marked crosswalks, and more.
With the Complete Streets Policy (2013), the City committed to creating and maintaining Complete Streets that provide safe, comfortable and convenient travel for all users, such as pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, people with disabilities, motorists, emergency responders, seniors, and children.
See the Building Safer Streets page for City guidelines related to street safety.
Plans and policies that called for Vision Zero before policy adoption
Have you had a near-miss experience where you narrowly avoided a crash? Are drivers speeding on your road, or do you feel unsafe crossing specific intersections? Let us know by submitting a "Street Safety Concern" on SeeClickFix. Your report will be used in combination with crash data and equity indicators to prioritize street safety investments, and will help the City end traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Keep in touch with Vision Zero and traffic safety in Alameda! Mailing list members will receive updates about the Vision Zero Action Plan, as well as bimonthly bulletins about Alameda's ongoing traffic safety efforts.
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