Bloomington officials want to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on city roadways by 2039.
The city council passed a resolution establishing that goal Wednesday by a unanimous vote.
The resolution also calls for the city to adopt a Safe Streets and Roads for All Action Plan.
Safe Streets and Roads for All is a Federal Transit Administration grant program that supports local initiatives to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries.
An action plan identifies a community’s most significant roadway safety concerns and strategies to address those issues.
Toole Design is helping the city develop its action plan, which will be incorporated into its comprehensive and transportation plans once complete. The plan is supposed to be finalized in July.
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Data from Toole shows Bloomington had 13,626 crashes between 2018 and 2022 — 742 resulting in serious injury and 14 resulting in death.
Data show that of those fatal crashes, nine involved only drivers, four involved a pedestrian, one involved a scooter rider, and none involved a bicyclist.
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Several nearby cities have adopted action plans, including Indianapolis; Chicago; Minneapolis; Madison, Wisconsin; and Ann Arbor, Michigan, according to Toole.
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization, which plans for Indianapolis and surrounding areas, aims to reduce fatal and serious crashes by 35 percent by 2040. The other cities Toole mentioned hope to eliminate fatal and serious crashes at different times.
