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Vice Mayor announces traffic safety task force

The STREEET Safety Task Force will look for ways to increase traffic safety for drivers and pedestrians + decrease accidents and injuries.

Cars, buses, and trucks driving on a downtown street during a gray and rainy day.

The STREEET Task Force will work to improve travel safety for all modes of transportation in Fayette County. | Photo via @femibranded

If upping traffic safety was a resolution for the new year, then city officials are off to a good start. Vice Mayor Dan Wu announced the creation of the Shared Travel Requires Engineering, Education & Enforcement of Traffic Safety Task Force (STREEET).

Tasked with preventing traffic accidents, pedestrian injury, and property damage, STREEET will focus primarily on short-term solutions, while supporting the Complete Streets policy.

The taskforce will be co-chaired by Councilmembers Liz Sheehan and Dave Sevigny + made up of community partners, LFUCG staff, and fellow council members. Local transportation advocate Alice Hilton will serve as a community representative, and said that people are eager to “create safer streets” that “support healthy, thriving communities.”

Vice Mayor Wu added that STREEET’s solutions for reducing traffic collisions + dangerous driving would come from three key areas:

  • Engineering
  • Education
  • Enforcement

Want to stay informed? Keep an eye out for upcoming meetings, in the coming weeks.

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