County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide

What happened

Commissioners approved a $469,000 contract with American Structure Point to carry out a countywide traffic-safety study, using a federal Safe Streets for All grant the county had previously received. (11:15, 11:46) The study will build a safety action plan covering the whole county, drawing on crash data plus cell-phone data that can identify near-miss incidents that never get officially reported, with public meetings and a social-media outreach effort planned. (12:14, 13:08) The county engineer's office said the goal is to work toward zero traffic fatalities in the community. (12:38)

The outcome

Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.

Sources

• Contract and grant explained, 11:15
• Project cost breakdown, 11:46
• Public meetings and data collection, 12:14
• Goal of zero traffic fatalities, 12:38
• Timeline, about a year, 13:08
• Voice vote approval, 14:12

Also known as: Safe Streets for All study · SS4A grant · countywide traffic safety study · county traffic safety action plan