Evaluation & data subcommittee goal: Vision Zero actions are data-driven and based on quality data and the latest technology and analytical tools. 

Evaluation & data strategies:

• Analyze crash data to priortize vision zero
• coordinate data collection
• report data publicly 

For a full list of Vision Zero strategies, refer to the Vision Zero Three-Year Action Plan. 

Vision Zero Research Partnership

As part of the Evaluation and Data Subcommittee Goals, Action Item (2.3) is to “Engage university research partners to design and implement traffic safety research and program evaluations.”

In 2018, The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (oTIS) partnered with ImpactED at the University of Pennsylvania to engage Philadelphia’s robust research community on the topic of Vision Zero. The Vision Zero Research Partnership, which is a group of area researchers and practitioners, was created to promote innovative, smart, inter-disciplinary thinking around Vision Zero.

To request more information or to get involved

Contact the Vision Zero Program at the City of Philadelphia at VisionZero@phila.gov.

Engineering subcommittee goal: The City has the policies, resources, and partnerships needed to design streets that maximize safety for the most vulnerable roadway users, and City staff have the professional freedom to make data-driven decisions that promote traffic safety. 

Engineering strategies:

• prioritize high injury network street safety improvements
• establish plans and processes to internalize vision zero principles with deparment operations

For a full list of Vision Zero strategies, refer to the Vision Zero Three-Year Action Plan. 

Education subcommittee goal: All Philadelphia residents and visitors understand their part in Vision Zero, and people living in every Philadelphia neighborhood have acess to safety education resources.
 

• develop a vision zero community engagement plan 
• develop a department-specific training and communication materials to bolster vision zero

For a full list of Vision Zero strategies, refer to the Vision Zero Three-Year Action Plan. 

Enforcement subcommitee goal: Traffic safety enforcement is clearly linked to data and behaviors that will reduce fatal and serious injury crashes. 

• use data to focus traffic safety enforcement 

For a full list of Vision Zero strategies, refer to the Vision Zero Three-Year Action Plan. 

Fleet management subcommitte goal: Prioritize traffic safety investments and business-safe practices among fleets operating in Philadelphia. 
 

• Update citywide vehicle safety policy to incorporate Vision Zero traffic safety priorities
• Become leader in safe fleet vehicles
• Engage large fleet operators in Vision Zero

For a full list of Vision Zero strategies, refer to the Vision Zero Three-Year Action Plan. 

Policy subcommittee goal: Address policy hurdles that are barriers to full implementation of Vision Zero. 
 

• Pursue city policy changes
• pursue state policy changes

For a full list of Vision Zero strategies, refer to the Vision Zero Three-Year Action Plan.