Edgewood Vision Zero Action Plan

In 2023, MetroPlan Orlando secured a $3.9 million federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant to address serious safety concerns within the region. These funds are being utilized to cover the cost of coordinated Vision Zero Action Plans in their three-county service area along with local Vision Zero Action Plans for cities and municipalities within the three-counties.

The City of Edgewood is located just south of Downtown Orlando in Orange County, Florida. The city is 1.5-square miles with over 2,500 residents. Through funding by the SS4A grant, the City of Edgewood is developing its own Vision Zero action plan, with the goal of reducing traffic fatalities and severe injuries and creating safer roads both locally for the over 2,500 residents of Edgewood and regionally for the 2.2 million central Florida residents and 75 million tourists who visit the region annually.

The Orange-Kissimmee-Sanford metro area—one of the fastest growing metros in the country—continues to rank as one of the deadliest areas, and the average yearly deaths continue to rise (Dangerous by Design, 2022). Between 2018-2022 there were 710 crashes, including 3 fatalities and 16 serious injuries on Edgewood’s roadways (Signal 4 Analytics.) To understand where and why crashes that result in fatalities and serious injuries are most likely to occur and how to reduce the severity and frequency of these crashes, Edgewood Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) has been developed, rooted in the core elements of Vision Zero and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Safe System Approach.

Vision Zero is a road safety philosophy which states that no loss of life or serious injury due to traffic crashes is acceptable. The core elements of Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach, acknowledge the vulnerability of the human body when designing and operating a transportation network, seeking solutions to minimize the most serious consequences of crashes. Creating a Safe System means shifting some responsibility from road users to those who plan and design the transportation system. More information about Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach (SSA) is provided in the attached approved action plan.