Recently Completed Initiatives

A Develop a Road Safety Assessment Toolkit

The Engineering Team will work to develop a toolkit for Neighborhood Associations or other areas to complete their own road safety assessment. This assessment will help staff and City Council prioritize needs as other plans are developed and funding is available

Engineering Team completed this task.
Target Date: March 2019

B Determine a schedule and protocol for road safety audits and road safety assessments

The Engineering Team will establish guidelines to ensure that both road safety audits and road safety assessments are completed in a standardized manner and produce relevant information for decision makers.

In the traffic safety engineering field there are specific guidelines for formal road safety audits. Audits typically include resources and experts that are not local in nature in order to ensure that the most clinical and unbiased examination is produced. It can also be less costly, more expedient and overall beneficial to pursue safety assessments of certain locations with local resources

Engineering Team completed this task.
Target Date: June 2018

D Support statewide initiatives to ban cellphone use and texting while driving

Current State of Missouri law prohibits texting while operating a motor vehicle for people age 21 and younger. It also prohibits any person operating a commercial vehicle from using a wireless communication device to send, read, or write a text or electronic message. Teams will work together to support current bills under consideration by the Missouri General Assembly to broaden these restrictions to include all drivers and to ban cellphone use for all ages while driving. 

Letters of support may begin upon start of the 2018 legislative session; this will be ongoing.

Enforcement Team completed this task.
Target Date: January 2018

E The Enforcement Team will work to include PedNet Coalition’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Training for Law Enforcement Program into the 2018 law enforcement training schedule

The Enforcement Team will work to include this full training which will run approximately two hours and will be included in the 2018–2020 Columbia Police Department training curriculum.

PedNet Coalition and Enforcement Team completed this task.
Target Date: January 2018

G Creation of a Data Analysis Team

The Education Team will form a Data Analysis Team which will analyze the types of vehicles involved in collisions, demographics and other data as needed. The team will work to create a High Injury Network map to prioritize resources to areas of the highest need, overlaid with high-risk communities. 

Team will be formed by December 2017; High Injury Map created by December 2018.

Education Team completed this task.
Target Date: December 2017

J The Enforcement Team will explore an abbreviated training option for inclusion in the 2017 training schedule

The training schedule for 2017 has already been established. The Enforcement Team will work with PedNet to create a shortened training module that could be added to the 2017 schedule without greatly impacting the itinerary.

PedNet Coalition and Enforcement Team completed this task.
Target Date: September 2017

K Launch a Vision Zero website

The Education Team will build a website for the purpose of gathering input; coordinating information about Vision Zero plans and events; to provide crash and safety data; and to keep the community informed on the status of Action Plan items through a dashboard feature.

Education Team completed this task.
Target Date: May 2017

L Coordinate development of Vision Zero Action Plan

The Vision Zero Project Manager compiled the input from the World Café meetings, and worked together with the Vision Zero Team Leads in the areas of Engineering, Education, and Enforcement, to refine the recommendations of the Mayor's Task Force on Pedestrian Safety into the Critical Actions of the Vision Zero Action Plan.

Vision Zero Project Manager completed this task.
Target Date: April 2017

M Gather public input on Vision Zero strategy

The City Manager convened key stakeholders and the public in three Vision Zero World Café meetings focusing on Engineering, Education, and Enforcement. The groups provided input on the feasibility of the recommendations of the Mayor's Task Force on Pedestrian Safety, and added their additional suggestions of potential Vision Zero strategies.

Columbia City Manager completed this task.
Target Date: March 2017

N Contribute grant funding to initially support City staff positions

PedNet's Vision Zero advocacy grant from Missouri Foundation for Health will support City staff time dedicated to Vision Zero for one year. The City of Columbia committed to continuing the City staff Vision Zero time commitments for at least an additional two years.

PedNet Coalition completed this task.
Target Date: March 2017

O Assign existing City staff to Vision Zero

The City Manager assigned Assistant to the City Manager Heather Cole to serve as Vision Zero Program Manager, and Engineering Manager Richard Stone to serve as a traffic engineer expert.

Columbia City Manager completed this task.
Target Date: January 2017

P City Council adopts Vision Zero policy

On December 19, 2016, Columbia City Council unanimously adopted a Vision Zero policy. The policy directed the City Manager to develop a Vision Zero Implementation Plan (Action Plan) by April 2017.

Columbia City Council completed this task.
Target Date: December 2016

Q Advocate for the City of Columbia to adopt a Vision Zero policy

PedNet Coalition led the advocacy efforts for Vision Zero. The Disabilities Commission, Public Transit Advisory Commission, Board of Health, Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission, and The Downtown Community Improvement District ("The District") all submitted letters of support for Vision Zero.

PedNet Coalition completed this task.
Target Date: December 2016

R Develop Task Force final report and recommendations

The Task Force's first and overarching recommendation to City Council was to adopt a Vision Zero policy.

Mayor's Task Force on Pedestrian Safety completed this task.
Target Date: March 2016

S Share Vision Zero approach with Mayor's Task Force on Pedestrian Safety

PedNet Coalition presented to the Task Force on the data-driven approach of Vision Zero, its history, the movement of U.S. cities adopting Vision Zero policies, and the striking success of Vision Zero in saving lives and preventing injuries.

PedNet Coalition completed this task.
Target Date: October 2015

T Establish Mayor's Task Force on Pedestrian Safety

In late 2014 and early 2015, a startling series of vehicle crashes killed and injured people who were walking. In response, Columbia Mayor Bob McDavid established the Mayor's Task Force on Pedestrian Safety in May 2015. The Task Force was charged with making recommendations to City Council on how to improve pedestrian safety.

Columbia Mayor completed this task.
Target Date: May 2015