HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Setting 2050 as the target year for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the AAMPO's current planning areaRESOLUTION NO. 25-113
RESOLUTION SETTING 2050 AS THE TARGET YEAR FOR ACHIEVING ZERO
FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES IN THE AMES AREA METROPOITAN
PLANNING ORGANIZATION’S CURRENT PLANNING AREA
WHEREAS, the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary grant program was
established in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) with the primary purpose to improve
roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries
through safety action plan development, refinement, and implementation focused on all users;
and,
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2023, the Ames Area MPO was awarded $100,000 in
SS4A planning & demonstration grant funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation for the
creation of a comprehensive safety action plan (CSAP); and,
WHEREAS, one required component of the CSAP specified by the SS4A grant program
is an official public commitment by a high-ranking official and/or governing body (e.g. an MPO
policy board) to achieve an eventual goal of zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries, and the
commitment must include a timeline for eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries; and,
WHEREAS, a target year of 2050 has been unanimously recommended by the
Transportation Technical Committee for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the
Ames Area MPO’s current planning area based on a balance of regional crash data trends,
anticipated future funding available to implement safety-focused projects and initiatives, and a
desire to establish a target year that was both ambitious and attainable as well as in alignment
with the planning horizon year of the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, Ames Connect
2050.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Transportation Policy Committee of the
Ames Area Metropolitan Planning Organization that the calendar year 2050 be set as the target
for achieving zero fatal and serious injury crashes in the Ames Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization’s current planning area.
ADOPTED THIS 25th day of March 2025.
___________________________________ _____________________________
Renee Hall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Chair
Introduced by: Murken
Seconded by: Popp
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Boland, Corrieri, Gartin, Haila, Junck, Longhorn, Murken,
Popp, Rollins
Voting nay: None
Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Chair this 25th day of March 2025.