Vision Zero Chapel Hill
Whether you're driving, walking, or cycling, your input is important.
“Vision Zero Chapel Hill” is a local initiative to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2031. Through traffic safety solutions and equitable mobility options for all, Vision Zero uses strategies informed by data to increase road safety to prevent serious injury and decrease crashes. These are the three main pillars of Vision Zero in Chapel Hill:
- Guiding town-wide policies for transportation planning, the design of streets and sidewalks, the maintenance of public rights-of-way, and traffic enforcement;
- Working with the community to create “Safe Routes to School”; and
- Prioritizing the safety of all road users in transportation decisions, with a special emphasis on vulnerable road users.
For additional information and data, the Town has created a Vision Zero Dashboard that shows bicycle and pedestrian-involved crashes between 2007-2024. Availability of data varies by year. Crashes include UNC Police and CHPD reports. Bicycle data begins in 2019.
Request an Evaluation
Traffic calming uses physical measures like flexible bollards, rubber medians, and street markings to reduce vehicle speeds and enhance safety for pedestrians and wheeled riders.
The Town identifies potential locations for traffic calming solutions and accepts requests from people who live, work, study, or visit our area.
- Determine if your street is eligible: To be eligible for traffic calming, your street must be maintained by the Town. Check if your street is Town-owned here.
- Submit your request: Click on the button below to request a traffic calming evaluation for a Town-owned street. Once your application is submitted, the request will be added to the Town’s list for assessment. We’ll collect vehicle speed and volume data near the area of concern.
- Qualification: To qualify for traffic calming interventions, assessments must, at a minimum, indicate that:
- The road is used by between 500 and 6,000 vehicles daily.
- At least 15 percent of drivers exceed the speed limit by 7 mph or more. Streets with lower speeds will be ranked lower in priority.
- Share your email address on the form if you want to be notified:
- When we’ve received your request
- The determination of the assessment
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You must click on the blue button above to request an evaluation.
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