Vision Zero Project to Reduce Traffic Deaths Expands into Delaware County

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A color-coded map shows where most fatal and serious injury crashes are in Delaware County, indicated by the red areas.
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The Vision One project, developed in Philadelphia, is being used to hopefully reduce or end Delaware County traffic deaths.

A Vision Zero project first developed in Philadelphia is being used to hopefully reduce Delaware County traffic deaths, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia.

At a recent project meeting with Chester residents, concerns were raised about drivers who were speeding, rolling through stop signs, demonstrating road rage, and more.

Shirley Reed said she feels so unsafe crossing the street she drives to a Dollar General store on Edgmont Avenue in Chester instead of walking over.

The Delaware County Planning Department is using resident feedback to write an analysis with recommendations for safer streets. The plan will be shared with the county’s 49 municipalities so they can create traffic safety enhancements.

The Planning Department is studying where the county’s most dangerous roads are located.  Officials say they already have a pretty good idea.

“291, 95, you know, a lot of the roads you would expect,” said Gina Burritt, director of Delaware County Planning Department. “Baltimore Pike can also have a history of crashes.”

Delaware County traffic deaths and serious crashes occur the most in southern and eastern Delaware County. The most, according to PennDOT, are in Chester. The city had 403 crashes last year.

Find out more about the Vision Zero project and its impact on Delaware County at CBS News Philadelphia.


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