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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-032 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ADOPTING THE PLEASANTON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ACTION PLAN WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton is committed to protecting the public health, safety, and welfare of all people who travel on Pleasanton streets, including pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, school-aged children, older adults, persons with disabilities, emergency responders, motorists, and goods movement operators; and WHEREAS, traffic fatalities and serious injuries are preventable and are not an acceptable or inevitable consequence of the transportation system; and WHEREAS, the City recognizes that safer street design, lower-risk operating conditions, data-informed decision-making, education, interagency coordination, and equitable investment can substantially reduce the frequency and severity of crashes; and WHEREAS, the city received a Safe Streets for All Grant in 2023 to develop the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan to analyze crash patterns, identify transportation safety needs, establish goals and priorities, and recommend strategies and projects to improve safety for all roadway users; and WHEREAS, the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan is informed by crash data, roadway characteristics, extensive community and stakeholder input, and best practices consistent with a Safe System approach that anticipates human mistakes and seeks to reduce the likelihood that such mistakes result in death or serious injury; and WHEREAS, collision data analyzed for the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan indicates from 2020-2024 there were 67 fatal and severe injuries on streets within the City of Pleasanton; WHEREAS, the Transportation Safety Action Plan considers safety improvements across the City's transportation network and includes engineering, education, enforcement, policy, and programmatic strategies intended to improve travel safety for all users; and WHEREAS, the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan aims to reduce accidents in the City of Pleasanton by identifying a High Injury Network and implementing safety countermeasures on the high injury network; and WHEREAS, the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan outlines a strategy to reduce fatal and severe injuries by 50% in the next ten years; and WHEREAS, the City Council affirms a long-term goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Pleasanton streets recognizing that achieving this goal will require sustained commitment, measurable progress, periodic reporting, and continued investment in systemic safety improvements over time; and WHEREAS, adoption of the Pleasanton Transportation Safety Action Plan does not itself appropriate funding for the strategies or projects identified in the Plan, but instead establishes the