Vision Zero

​Vision Zero

​Vision Zero

The City of Charlotte has always placed strong emphasis on a safe transportation system for all users. This drives our every decision. We believe it’s our collective responsibility to create safe travel for all.

​What is Vision Zero?

Across the globe, Vision Zero is saving and protecting lives. Vision Zero started in Sweden in 1997. It’s a strategy to eliminate all traffic-related deaths and severe injuries, while increasing safety, health and mobility for all. Vision Zero focuses on how people naturally behave. People make mistakes but mistakes should not be fatal.

Vision Zero in Charlotte

Over the past ten years our city has seen explosive population growth, adding close to 200,000 more drivers, pedestrians and cyclists to our streets, paths and intersections. Charlotte has responded by creating a variety of safe ways for people to move around the city and connect with each other – we’ve upgraded intersections, added more bike lanes and built additional sidewalks – as we continue to work towards the best possible transportation and pedestrian safety systems for our growing city.

In 2017, drivers in Charlotte logged more than 23 million miles on our streets, up nearly a million miles from the year before. While the number of crashes in our city actually decreased by 4% compared to 2016, the number of fatalities from those crashes increased by 35% in 2017.

Crashes and fatalities not only take a toll on human life, but also on the city’s capital – affecting loved ones, health care facilities, businesses and many other areas of our community.

That’s why Charlotte is renewing its commitment to safer streets in 2018 with the creation of Vision Zero, an action plan designed to reduce crashes and eliminate traffic-related deaths and severe injuries by 2030. Why? Because even one traffic-related death is too many.

Charlotte's road to Vision Zero materials: 

Vision Zero Commitment

As a community, it's our responsibility to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries for all who share Charlotte streets by 2030.

Vision Zero Guiding Principles

The following principles recognize this belief and will guide the actions and performance measures of Charlotte’s Vision Zero Action Plan.

  1. Traffic deaths and severe injuries are preventable and unacceptable.
  2. Protecting human lives takes priority over all other objectives of the road system.
  3. The transportation system should be designed so mistakes are not fatal.
  4. Solutions must be collaborative, equitable and data-driven.
  5. Safety on our streets is everyone’s responsibility.
  6. Our community is accountable for implementing the Vision Zero Action Plan, measuring performance and responding accordingly.

​Vision Zero Task Force

For additional information, visit the Vision Zero Task Force page to see what agencies have joined Charlotte's Vision Zero initiative: Vision Zero Task Force

Charlotte's Vision Zero Safety Umbrella

Contacts

Project Manager:

Angela Berry
aberry@charlottenc.gov
704-432-5259 

Media requests:

Tamara Blue
tblue@charlottenc.gov​ 
704-336-3894

Watch For Me NC:

Watch For Me NC 

Get Involved

We want to hear from you! Check out the interactive map, put a pin on it and share your experience on Charlotte's streets whether driving, walking or cycling.

Interactive Map

Vision Zero Interactive Map 

Enforcement Focus Areas Map

Enforcement Focus Areas Map 

The Enforcement Focus Area Map focuses on areas for targeted enforcement. CMPD uses serious injury and fatal crash data to conduct enforcement targeting speeding, seatbelt use, driving while impaired and distracted driving.

​The City of Charlotte is establishing a Task Force to develop a plan a Vision Zero Action Plan. Below are the organizations represented on the task force. Stay tuned for more information as the plan develops.

            Vision Zero Task Force
Anuvia
Atrium Health Care Injury Prevention Center
​Charlotte AARP
Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS)
Charlotte Communications & Marketing
Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT)
​Charlotte District Attorney's Office
Charlotte Fire Department
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)
CMS - Driver Education
Charlotte Planning, Design & Development
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD)
CMPD - Victim Services
Charlotte Office of Data Analytics  
​Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO)
​Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) / NC Vision Zero
Mecklenburg County Public Health
Mecklenburg County Sherriff's Office
Mecklenburg Transportation Alliance
​MeckRolls
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)
Sustain Charlotte

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Upcoming Events

Friday, September 7
Comprehensive Planning & Equitable Outcomes
5:00 – 8:00 p.m. | CLT Powerhouse | 1507 Camden Road

Thursday, September 13
National Drive Electric Week
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center GovPorch | 600 E 4th Street

Saturday, September 15 (POSTPONED due to Hurricane Florence)
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church Tailgate “Fun Fest”
11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Friendship Missionary Baptist Church | 3400 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte 

Monday, September 17 (Cancelled due to Hurricane Florence)
Welcoming Week Potluck
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.  | Camino Community Center | 201 Stetson Drive

Tuesday, September 18 (POSTPONED due to Hurricane Florence)
Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Belmont Center | 700 Parkwood Avenue

Thursday, September 20
Race Matters for Juvenile Justice Community Conversation
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Johnson C. Smith University Science Center | 100 Beatties Ford Road

Friday, September 21
National Park(ing) Day
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Plaza Midwood

Saturday, September 22
Romare Bearden Park Music Series
6:00 – 9:00 p.m. | Romare Bearden Park | 300 S Church Street

Tuesday, September 25
Rail Safety Blitz

Tuesday, September 25
West Boulevard Library Community Room
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. | Charlotte Mecklenburg Library West Boulevard | 2157 West Boulevard

Thursday, September 27
SouthPark CNIP Project Update Open House
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Morrison Regional Library | 7015 Morrison Boulevard

Saturday, September 29
Latin American Festival
12:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Symphony Park | 4400 Sharon Road, Charlotte

Sunday, September 30
Open Streets 704
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Route

Thursday, October 4
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Albemarle Road Recreation Center | 5027 N Idlewild Road

Friday, October 5
First Friday

Tuesday, October 9
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Arbor Glen Recreation Center | 1520 Clanton Road

Thursday, October 11
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center | 943 West Sugar Creek Road

Saturday, October 14
Biketoberfest
11:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Route

Tuesday, October 16
Victim Support Group meeting with CMPD
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | LEC | 601 E. Trade Street

Wednesday, October 17
UNC Charlotte Transportation Fair
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | CHHS/CoEd Plaza | Details

Thursday, October 18
County, City, CMS & Pastors (CCCMSP) Meeting
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | CMGC- 1101

Thursday, October 18
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Elon Recreation Center | 11401 Ardrey Kell Road

Thursday, October 18
West Boulevard Corridor Study Engagement
6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m. | Greater Mount Sinai Baptist Church | 1243 West Boulevard

Saturday, October 20
WelcomeCLT Community Resource Fair
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | University City Regional Library | 301 E. WT Harris Boulevard |Event details

Tuesday, October 23
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Charlotte Innovation Barn | 932 Seigle Avenue, (Park at 1105 Otts Street)

Wednesday, October 24
MoRA Government Open House    
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. | McClintock Middle School | 1925 Rama Road

Thursday, October 25
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Ivory/ Baker Recreation Center | 1920 Stroud Park Court

Saturday, October 27
Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office Safety Day at Blakeney Shopping Center
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |Blakeney Shopping Center | 9839 Rea Road

Monday, October 29
CLT Meet & Eat
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Sugaw Creek Recreation Center | 943 West Sugar Creek Road

Tuesday, October 30
Councilmember Mitchell Town Hall Meeting
6:00 p.m. to 8 p.m. | CMGC |600 East Fourth Street

Friday, November 16
CLT Meet & Eat for Employees
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | CenterStage | 2315 N Davidson St

Thursday, November 22
Thanksgiving Parade

Tuesday, December 4
Freedom Drive Division Community Crime & Safety Meeting | 6:30 p.m. |Thrift Baptist Church | 8415 Moores Chapel Road, Charlotte

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