In 2022, the Met Council completed a Regional Pedestrian Safety Action Plan to analyze pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries and make recommendations to guide effective infrastructure investments and improvements.
As a follow up to that work, the Met Council is working with a consultant team on a Regional Safety Action Plan to help the region address fatalities and serious injuries from vehicle crashes and bicycle-vehicle crashes.
Study goals
The Met Council is working with SRF Consulting, Alta Planning + Design, Isthmus Engineering, Safe Streets Research & Consulting, and Zan Associates to help work toward eliminating deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes. This study is:
- Analyzing crash and other relevant data;
- Engaging underrepresented communities; and
- Developing recommendations to guide effective infrastructure planning and investments.
The plan’s intent is also to help address requirements for federal Safe Streets and Roads for All funding applications. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law created this new discretionary federal funding program with $5 billion over a five-year period from 2022 to 2026. This program funds regional, local, and Tribal work to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries.