Vision Zero Greensboro Two Year Action Plan

— The City maintains its commitment to providing high levels of mobility, and now adds to that commitment a new focus on improved roadway and transportation safety. In 2017, a record high of 42 trafic fatalities occurred in Greensboro. These fatalities, along with serious injuries from roadway crashes, bring profound and sorrowful impacts in our community, afecting people family, Letter from the Mayor Dear friends, The City of Greensboro is known for its sense of community, parks, arts, and rich cultural diversity. The City is known for its transportation, as well. In fact, Greensboro has been recognized by WAZE as being the most satisfying city in the United States in which to be a driver. The accolades from WAZE are not a coincidence, but a result of years of diligent and ongoing work by the City and its longtime partner, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, to modernize and expand transportation infrastructure to keep up with the changing mobility needs of the community.

The Mayor of Greensboro Nancy Vaughan

friends, neighbors, and community members from throughout the City. Vision Zero is a framework successfully used in leading cities across the United States and internationally to improve trafic safety outcomes over time. By implementing Vision Zero Greensboro, the City recognizes that trafic fatalities and serious injuries are largely preventable. Given that fact, the City commits to an interdisciplinary and integrated Vision Zero approach to trafic safety involving infrastructure changes, enforcement, education, transportation policy, and an engaged community. The City recognizes that reducing trafic fatalities and serious injuries with a long term goal of zero trafic fatalities will take time, efort, resources, and community engagement. Let’s work together to make Greensboro safer! Sincerely,

Nancy Vaughan Mayor of Greensboro