Vision Zero Action Plan

Project Overview

The Vision Zero Action Plan will be a strategic document that will guide efforts at Baltimore City to reduce and ultimately eliminate fatalities and serious injuries caused by traffic crashes. Due to be completed in 2026, the plan will guide City infrastructure investments as well as communications and policy.

The completion of this Action Plan will mark the end of Toward Zero Baltimore and the beginning of Vision Zero Baltimore. With the adoption of Vision Zero, Baltimore City will commit to a deadline for eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries from its roadways. This Action Plan will be our roadmap.

Current Status

The draft Vision Zero Action Plan is published! DOT is hosting an open house at the War Memorial on 6/26/26 to preview the recommendations of the plan. The open house will begin with a hybrid presentation. We hope to see you there!

UPDATED LINK:

https://bmore.webex.com/bmore/j.php?MTID=m668d6275e6ebdfa574d86a73c8c9b76d

You can find the draft Plan in the documents section of this website, as well as summary boards and the Power Point presentation from the open house. If you wish to provide feedback, please submit a comment in the "Feedback for the draft Vision Zero Action Plan" comment box at the bottom of this page. We will respond to a compilation of comments and questions publicly.

Through the implementation of the Vision Zero Action Plan, we are committing to ending traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2041.

Previous Community Engagement

DOT had numerous ways to contribute your voice to the Vision Zero Action Plan, both online and in-person. While the draft Action Plan has already incorporated responses from these platforms, these surveys are still open if you with to provide a response. The final version of the Action Plan will reflect the final tally of responses.

Take the Baltimore Traffic Safety Survey!

This is your opportunity to tell us about your experiences on our roads and your ideas to improve roadway safety. Feedback will be incorporated into the Action Plan recommendations.

Check out the Draft High Injury Network

52% of fatal and serious injury crashes occurred on just 7% of Baltimore roadways. This network of high-severity crash roads will be called the High Injury Network, or HIN. The HIN will be used to guide infrastructure investments on Baltimore City's roadways that advance our goals of reducing and ultimately eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

In-Person Events

The BCDOT Vision Zero project team will be attending events throughout the City throughout late October, November, and early December to hear about the traffic safety issues affecting your neighborhoods. Please see below for a list of events. Please check back here periodically as BCDOT adds new events.

• 10/23/25 Walktober at Druid Lake & the Big Jump, Druid Hill Park at Linden Ave and Druid Park Lake Drive, 4pm - 6:30pm
• 11/1/25 Replant the Library Square Mural Garden, 158 N Linwood Ave, 10am - 2pm
• 11/10/25 - 11/14/25 Ceremony Coffee*, Mount Vernon and Federal Hill locations, 3pm - 6pm
• 11/14/25 Enoch Pratt Southeast Branch Pantry on the Go, 3601 Eastern Ave, 10am - 2pm
• 11/15/25 32nd Street Farmer's Market*, 400 E 32nd St, 7am - 12pm
• 11/17/25 Cristo Rey High School*, 420 S Chester St, 3pm
• 11/19/25 Mondawmin Mall Metro Stop and Bus Stops, 2401 Liberty Heights Ave, 4pm - 6:30pm
• 11/22/25 The Food Project food giveaway*, 424 S Pulaski St, 9am - 12pm
• 11/22/25 Holiday Makers Market, 529 E Belvedere Ave, 11am - 2pm
• 11/23/25 JFX Farmer's Market, E Saratoga St and Holliday St, 7am - 12pm
• 12/7/25 Girls Who Walk monthly meet-up, 1500 Thames St, 9am - 12pm

*Events involved an artist-led workshop around community programming and education

Take the Near-Miss Survey!

Have you ever experienced or witnessed a near-miss? We are continuing to gather near-miss data.

Share your traffic safety story with us

We invite anyone who has been in a crash or has been impacted by a crash to share your lived experience in the comment box at the bottom of the page. If you share your story with us, we may follow up with you for further questions so we can highlight your experience as a call to action.

2024 Baltimore Area Survey in partnership with JHU 21st Century Cities

JHU 21st Century Cities incorporated traffic safety questions into their 2024 Baltimore Area Survey, in partnership with DOT. Over 900 people in Baltimore City responded from all 55 Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance areas. The survey found that:

• 88% of people support slowing down cars in support of safety and active transportation expansion
• 86% of people support street redesign for safety and active transportation
• 67% of people support removing travel lanes for safety and active transportation
• 66% of people support removing parking lanes for safety and active transportation

Project Background

In 2024, Baltimore experienced 64 tragic deaths on its roadways, with over half of those fatalities involving pedestrians, bicyclists, and scooter riders. Each one of these lives lost is a stark reminder that no death is acceptable on our streets. We are committed to eliminating all roadway fatalities and serious injuries. Through the Vision Zero Action Plan, we are creating a comprehensive, data-driven strategy to make Baltimore’s streets safer for everyone.

Through the years, Baltimore City has seen a reduction in traffic crashes. While this is a promising trend for our roadways, the crashes that do occur are increasing in severity. Our roadway fatalities jumped from 46 to 64 between 2023 and 2024 and serious injuries jumped from 437 to 508 in the same time frame. Crashes that resulted in serious injuries and fatalities for non-motorists have also increased recently, with non-motorist fatalities comprising half of all roadway fatalities in 2024.

We understand the gravity of the situation on our roads, which is why we are creating a comprehensive plan to address our issues systematically. The Vision Zero Action Plan will have recommendations for multiple divisions of City government; to solve this crisis we will need an all-hands-on-deck approach.

Safe Streets for All: The Origins

The Vision Zero Action Plan is part of the larger Safe Streets For All program, launched in 2022 as a component of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This initiative, backed by USDOT with a $5 billion commitment over five years, requires that participating jurisdictions develop a qualifying Action Plan to be eligible for safety funding. In February 2023, we secured a $1.005 million grant to create our Vision Zero Action Plan, supplemented by $100,000 in local funding. Additional support includes approximately $200,000 in in-kind contributions from Morgan State, UMD, and Johns Hopkins staff, demonstrating a strong commitment from Baltimore’s academic partners.

Using the Vision Zero Action Plan

The Vision Zero Action Plan will serve as our guiding document for future transportation investments. By prioritizing resident safety as our top objective, this blueprint will allow us to pursue funding for critical infrastructure projects and safety programs. Once adopted, the plan will empower us to apply for funding to execute projects outlined in the Vision Zero roadmap. Even before full adoption, we can seek funding to implement and assess pilot safety projects, using insights from these projects to continually improve and expand our safety strategies.

We are committed to creating a safe, accessible, and inclusive roadway network for all who travel through our city. With Vision Zero, we’re not just planning for the future—we’re building it today.