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The City of Tahlequah is developing a Transportation Safety Action Plan to eliminate serious crashes by enhancing connections, educating the community, and collaborating with stakeholders to build a safer, more connected city for all. The plan will provide a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate roadway fatalities and serious injuries in Tahlequah.
The City of Tahlequah received federal grant funding to develop a plan as a part of the US Department of Transportation's bipartisan Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. The Transportation Safety Action Plan will analyze safety needs, identify high-risk locations and factors contributing to crashes, prioritize strategies to address them, and serve as a guide for future implementation of the improvements and funding requests.
We Need Your Input!
To build a plan for everyone, we need your help! We will be engaging the community to get feedback on how best to prioritize safety improvements for the city. Whether you walk, bike, drive, use a wheelchair, take transit, or ride a scooter, we want to hear from you. Explore our feedback opportunities to share your thoughts in the interactive map and survey tabs. For more background on the project explore the resources and FAQ tabs.
To address the dramatic rise in traffic deaths and serious injuries, the USDOT is making an ambitious long-term goal of reaching zero deaths and serious injuries on the Nation’s highways, roads, and streets. In pursuit of this effort, the USDOT established the “Safe Streets and Roads for All” (SS4A) initiative which is a competitive grant program that will provide 5 billion dollars over the next 5 years to improve traffic safety by supporting local communities in the development of safety action plans, and the implementation of projects which reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the local road network.
Transportation Safety Action Plans are strategic initiatives from the SS4A grants that are aimed to enhance the overall safety within a community. They involve a multifaceted approach, including data analysis, infrastructure improvements, public education, and collaboration with various stakeholders to address and mitigate safety risks effectively.
Interactive Map Survey
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Safe System Approach (FHWA)
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary program with $5 billion in appropriated funds over 5 years, 2022-2026. The SS4A program funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives through grants to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.
Learn more at https://www.transportation.gov/grants/SS4A
Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. First implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has proved successful across Europe — and now it’s gaining momentum in major American cities.
Learn more at https://VisionZeroNetwork.org
The City of Tahlequah Safety Action Plan is scheduled to be finalized for adoption in April 2025.
Public input and engagement is key to a collaborative and equitable Transportation Safety Action Plan. Take the survey and/or contribute to the map survey to share your input. Visit us at one of the popup events that we’ll be hosting. Keep an eye on the Up-Coming Events section of the home page for when and where those will be!
Construction on improvements identified in the Transportation Safety Action Plan are not yet programmed for design and construction. The Transportation Safety Action Plan sets the stage for the City to apply for construction funding to fix the issues identified by the plan. Identifying what is wrong is step one and then implementing the solutions is step two. The application period for construction grants occurs every year, so once the City’s Transportation Safety Action Plan is completed and adopted, the City can immediately start applying for construction grants once those application periods are available.
