While the trend is positive, we know that there is still much work to be done to make Pinellas County a safer place for pedestrians and bicyclists. The good news is developments that will improve our region’s safety are already in motion. Forward Pinellas said Seminole Boulevard is just one road with a high percentage of significant injury crashes or fatalities. PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — A local group called Forward Pinellas is. Forward Pinellas started Safe Streets Pinellas , a Vision Zero safety effort, to address this. Vision Zero, a strategy employed by communities across the country and the world, radically redefines the idea of what transportation safety means: that not one person should be killed or seriously injuring using our roadways. Forward Pinellas has adopted the Safe Streets Pinellas Action Plan committing to a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries in Pinellas County by 2045. Over the last year, Forward Pinellas studied where we’re seeing concerns on our roadways and why these crashes are happening. Pinellas County ranks in the 92nd percentile for safety, meaning it is safer than 92% of counties but less safe than 8%. This analysis applies only to Pinellas County’s official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby counties. The crime rate in Pinellas County is 17.37 per 1,000 residents in the typical year. Forward Pinellas County is working to make county roads safer . LINK: Pinellas County awarded $4.6 million grant to make roads safer with new technology. The goal of the transportation.
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While the trend is positive, we know that there is still much work to be done to make Pinellas County a safer place for pedestrians and bicyclists. The good new...