Public invited to upcoming City of Gainesville Vision Zero Open House
Press release from the City of Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The City of Gainesville Transportation Department is hosting a Vision Zero open house where the public can learn about ongoing efforts to improve roadway safety from City staff, fellow public safety agencies, and community partners.
When: 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31
Where: SFC Blount Center, 530 W. University Ave.
In 2018, the Gainesville City Commission adopted a Vision Zero policy with the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries in the city by 2040.
The public is invited to ask questions, share concerns, and speak with members of the Gainesville Vision Zero Group, including the Transportation Department; Public Works Department; Gainesville Police Department; Gainesville Fire Rescue; Alachua County Growth Management and Public Works; UF Health; the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County; the Florida Department of Transportation; the University of Florida; and Santa Fe College.
Current City policy appears to disregard practical roadway safety. The poorly synchronized signals on NW 6th St create unnecessary hazards for both drivers and pedestrians.
Furthermore, the decision to convert a portion of NW 8th Ave into bike lanes suggests an urban planning strategy that favors idealistic commuting over the safety of existing infrastructure. Pushing these changes on daily commuters is easy for those who don’t have to rely on these roads for a full-time living.
In case the traffic engineers are reading: look at NW 6th & NW 23rd, and NW 6th & NW 10th—the latter in particular. There is zero reason for that signal to disrupt north-south arterial flow at 6:00 AM for a single direction on NW 10th Ave, especially when no traffic is waiting to traverse the intersection.
This has been reported and, as usual, ignored.
They can’t keep panhandlers out of medians… vision zero = zero vision…more BS like the 10 year plan to end homelessness….how’s that working out?
“VISION ZERO” says it all for the city of Gainesville’s Government and tge future.
Maybe they can lead by example and return to a 5 member commission. They could cut their carbon emissions by at least a third and spend the money they would save for something useful.