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.
Vision Zero Action Plan Components
Through our partnerships with the University of Maryland, Morgan State University, and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, our Action Plan will develop:
- The first ever Baltimore City High Injury Network (HIN)
- A prioritized list of projects on the HIN
- Branding, communications, and programming to drive behavior change
- Policies to encourage safe roadway behavior
Ways to Get Involved
DOT has numerous ways to contribute your voice to the Vision Zero Action Plan, both online and in-person. Check out the opportunities below and stay tuned because we are always adding more!
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
60% 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. Let us know what you think of it directly on the interactive High Injury Network page or through the Streets of Baltimore Ideas tab.
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
- TBD at the Village Learning Place*
*Events will involve an artist-led workshop around community programming and education
Have you ever experienced or witnessed a near-miss? We are continuing to gather near-miss data to help guide the prioritization of the High Injury Network.
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.
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.
