Arlington County Vision Zero Action Plan

In Spring 2019, the Arlington County Commissioners adopted a resolution for the development of a Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate all fatal and serious crashes within Arlington County. From the start, RK&K led the development and implementation of Arlington County’s Vision Zero program. RK&K developed a comprehensive Vision Zero Action Plan from scratch, which included a peer scan, peer interviews, research and data analysis, extensive stakeholder engagement, visioning, comment analysis, goal/objectives, performance measures, and interagency coordination.

In May 2021, the Arlington County Board adopted the five-year Vision Zero Action Plan to work toward the goal of zero serious injuries and fatalities on the transportation system by 2030. Based on the core principles of Vision Zero, the Action Plan identified key safety target areas, actions that improve safety in each target area, and measures for tracking progress towards eliminating severe and fatal transportation injuries. The RK&K Team collaborated with County leadership to develop the program goals of a safety culture, multimodal, transparent and accountable, data-driven, collaborative, and equitable plan. The Action Plan outlined more than 25 action items related to data and evaluation, process and organization, partnership, and a robust community and stakeholder engagement approach.

Since the adoption of the plan in 2021, the RK&K Team has supported the Vision Zero implementation efforts including annual transportation safety feedback, mid-year and annual reports, as well as extensive outreach (e.g. pop-up events, focus group meetings, open house), advertising and messaging over various platforms including print and digital media. Annual engagement efforts have obtained thousands of comments and responses every year.