City of Erie, PA
09/10/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/10/2024 18:06
City of Erie Invites Residents to Share Input About Traffic and Pedestrian Safety: Safe Streets for All project aims to reduce fatal and serious traffic crashes
City of Erie Invites Residents to Share Input About Traffic and Pedestrian Safety: Safe Streets for All project aims to reduce fatal and serious traffic crashes
The City of Erie has kicked off planning to make the city's streets safer for drivers and pedestrians. At Mayor Joe Schember's recent press conference it was announced that the City of Erie is using a $200,000 federal grant to study how to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes on city streets. The grant, provided through the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program, will be used to prepare a Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan.
City of Erie Director of Planning and Neighborhood Resources Jackie Spry said, "Each year, the City of Erie experiences more than 1,000 traffic crashes. Thirty-four people died from traffic crashes in Erie over the past five years and another 166 people were severely injured during that timeframe."
Members of the public will have the opportunity to participate in the development of the Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan through an online survey, and a website is available to keep residents updated on the progress of the plan.
In addition, residents are invited to a public input session to learn more about the City of Erie's traffic crashes and provide their input about locations where they would like to see traffic and pedestrian safety improvements. The first Safe Streets for All public input workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Blasco Library in the Admiral Room.
Topic: Safe Streets for All - Traffic Safety Public Input Workshop
Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Place: Blasco Library, Admiral Room, 160 E Front St, Erie, PA 16507
Mayor Schember said, "Erie is committed to making our streets safer for everyone. Every traffic death in Erie is one too many."