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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks for sending this out, Brian. Bonnie and I attended the city council meeting today for the discussion and passage of the Vision Zero action plan. Jim Durham provided good public comment on behalf of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee in which Jeremy and I participate, and about 30 of us all stood up to show our support before the Council vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>We are excited about this initiative and hope all our chapter members will let us know if we can help resolve any pedestrian or other street safety issues they encounter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Have a safe and happy holiday!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Bob <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BrianMiller [mailto:brianrmiller88@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 16, 2017 6:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbv-alexandria@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Alexandria City Council Adopts Vision Zero Action Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Good evening,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I wanted to share the below announcement with the chapter in case you haven’t seen it yet… I think this is very good news, and I’m pleased that our chapter, through the efforts of several of you, including Jeremy Grandstaff and Bob Hart, contributed to the adoption of vision zero.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,, and well done!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Brian Miller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>GAC/NFBV<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Alexandria eNews [mailto:noreply@everbridge.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 16, 2017 12:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> brianrmiller88@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Alexandria City Council Adopts Vision Zero Action Plan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>You are subscribed to the free Alexandria eNews service. Replies to this message will not be received. For correspondence, please use the contact information in the body of the message. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:22.5pt'><h2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Alexandria City Council Adopts Vision Zero Action Plan<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For Immediate Release: December 16, 2017</span></em><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7zDbW_WHwE&feature=youtu.be" target=""_blank""><img border=0 width=32 height=32 src="https://alexandriava.gov/uploadedImages/News/VisionZero-videothumb.jpg" align=right hspace=5 vspace=2 v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On December 16, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Vision Zero Action Plan, a guidance document that will help the City achieve its goal of eliminating all traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2028.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>City Council adopted the Vision Zero international traffic safety concept in January 2017. As the first Vision Zero community in Northern Virginia, Alexandria recognizes that traffic injuries and fatalities are preventable through proper engineering, enforcement, evaluation and education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“The adoption of the Vision Zero Action Plan affirms the City’s commitment to making our streets safer and moves Alexandria one step closer to zero traffic deaths and serious injuries,” said Mayor Allison Silberberg. “Public safety is a top priority for our city.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>More than 1,000 residents, visitors, business owners and employees participated in the Vision Zero Action Plan drafting process and provided feedback on the challenges of safely moving around Alexandria. The adopted plan highlights priority action items that will be a major focus during the first two years of Vision Zero implementation. These items include the creation of a public crash and safety data dashboard that will allow community members to track progress, an accelerated timeline for Safe Routes to School engineering recommendations, and significantly increased traffic safety enforcement on city roadways with higher speeds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The plan also outlines priority engineering improvements the City will undertake during the first year of Vision Zero implementation, including new pedestrian signals, road markings, signs, curb ramps, and speed limit changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The public will be able to track the City’s progress both through a crash dashboard and a public work plan, which provides a detailed outline of the steps staff will take to implement the action plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information about the final plan, crash dashboard, action items, engineering priorities and work plan, visit <a href="https://alexandriava.gov/VisionZero"><span style='color:#0000CC'>alexandriava.gov/VisionZero</span></a>.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For media inquiries, contact Andrea Blackford, Senior Communications Officer, at <a href="mailto:andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov"><span style='color:#0000CC'>andrea.blackford@alexandriava.gov</span></a> or 703.746.3959.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This release is available at <a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/news_display.aspx?id=101193"><span style='color:#0000CC'>alexandriava.gov/101193</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-top:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#777777'>To change your subscription choices, <a href="http://www.alexandriava.gov/eNews">click here to login</a>. To request removal of your account, email <a href="mailto:enews@alexandriava.gov">enews@alexandriava.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>