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Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Automotive
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Milwaukee vehicle collision dashboard; phase two launched Tuesday
The Brief There are new updates to an online tool that fights reckless driving in Milwaukee County. The Motor Vehicle Collision Dashboard shows us where crashes happen the most. Phase 1 began in March 2024 and unveiled the initial public dashboard, displaying motor vehicle collisions throughout Milwaukee County, filterable by certain characteristics. MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley will join the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and members of the Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force on Tuesday, March 11 to launch phase 2 of the Motor Vehicle Collision (MVC) Dashboard. What we know The MVC Dashboard is part of a three-phase plan by the Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force. Phase 1 began in March 2024 and unveiled the initial public dashboard, displaying motor vehicle collisions throughout Milwaukee County, filterable by certain characteristics. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News According to a news release, the goal of the MVC Dashboard is to create a public-facing, comprehensive map showing fatal and nonfatal collisions throughout Milwaukee County, accompanied by charts demonstrating demographics and characteristics of crashes through an equity lens. With the second phase of this initiative, the dashboard has been updated to incorporate internal and external stakeholder feedback and leverage statistical and geospatial technologies to identify hotspots for MVCs in Milwaukee County. What we know According to a news release, one major update to the dashboard is the "Hotspots" tab to create a visualized storyboard highlighting key trends in MVCs in Milwaukee County by road segment and crash density over four-month increments. Users can filter the data by crash type – bicycle, pedestrian, stolen vehicles, fatal crashes, among others. Injuries and deaths from MVCs are not equitably distributed, disproportionately affecting low-income populations and people of color. The visualization of this data allows experts to identify these disparities and tailor initiatives to maximize their impact. What they're saying "In Phase One, we collected the data and made it publicly accessible to the community, but with the Phase Two update, we are helping to tell the story of what this data means for our residents,"said Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley. "This dashboard helps my administration and other municipalities in Milwaukee County make policy decisions that will have the largest positive impact on the community. But, as we collaboratively work to address reckless driving and move toward our goal of Vision Zero, everybody has a part to play. We need all of us, together, working to save lives." "The data tells us that while overall crashes in Milwaukee County have declined 14% since 2019, fatal injuries have actually increased by 34%," said Milwaukee County Chief Health Policy Advisor Dr. Ben Weston. "This means the crashes that do occur are more severe, more deadly, and more devastating to families and communities. Behind every statistic is a person, a mother, a child, a friend, whose life was forever changed by a preventable crash." What you can do The updated dashboard can be accessed at The Source The information in this post was provided by the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Automotive
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These are the 25 most dangerous roads in Milwaukee, data shows. The county wants to fix that
Milwaukee County officials are renewing efforts to tackle reckless driving in the county — this time, with a focus on 25 roads across the county that have proven the most dangerous for drivers and pedestrians alike. These roadways, which range between 1 and 14 miles, will be subject to more than 500 potential projects to increase traffic safety countywide. The newly approved plan is a part of the county's overall Vision Zero commitment that aims to reduce reckless driving, traffic violence and fatal and serious injury crashes by 2037. Since 2014, fatal vehicle crashes have increased at a higher rate in Milwaukee County than a majority of the country, according to a statement from Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley's office. Compared to 2010-2012, fatal and serious injury crashes in the county increased by 42% in 2020-2022. Milwaukee County Department of Transportation officials used crash data between 2018 and 2022 to identify the 25 roads, which the county has deemed transit "corridors of concern." Here's where they are and what to know about them: The 25 roadways of focus are mostly concentrated on the north side of the county, particularly the northwest side and north shore. Most of the transit corridors extend between 5 and 10 miles, with the exception of 27th Street to Layton Boulevard, for which the county has designated nearly 14 miles to focus on. The corridor is the only one on the list which runs from the north to the south side of the county. Here are the 25 transit "corridors of concern," per MCDOT: North 60th Street (between West Brown Deer Road. and West Vilet Street) North 76th Street (between West County Line Road and West Center Street) North 91st - North 92nd Street (between West Brown Deer Road and West Center Street) Good Hope Road (between North 107th Street and Noth Port Washington Road) Mayfair Road - North Lovers Lane Road (between West Silver Spring Drive and the Interstate-94 bridge) Silver Spring Drive (between North 124th Street and North Lake Drive) Green Bay Avenue (between West Capitol Drive and West County Line Road) Lake Drive (North) (between East Donges Road and East Lafayette Place) Port Washington Road (between West County Line Road and North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) Teutonia Avenue (between North Green Bay Road/ Interstate-43 and North 12th Street) Capitol Drive (between North 124th Street and North Lake Drive) Fond du Lac Avenue (between North 68th Street and North 6th Street) Hampton Avenue (between North 124th Street and North Santa Monica Boulevard) North Avenue (between North 124th Street and North Lake Drive) Sherman Boulevard (between West Mill Road and West Lloyd Street) 27th Street - Layton Boulevard (between West Cornell Street and West Drexel Avenue; extends into south side) South 60th Street - Hawley Road (between Washington Boulevard and Layton Avenue) South 76th Street (between Bluemound Road and Grange Avenue) South 92nd Street (between Bluemound Road and Layton Avenue) South 108th Street (between I-94 bridge and Forest Home Avenue) Miller Park Way (between West National Avenue and West Lincoln Avenue) National Avenue (between South 124th Street and South 1st Street) Lake Drive (South) (between Oklahoma Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue) Layton Avenue (between South 108th Street and Lake Drive South) Lincoln Avenue (between South 124th Street and South Bay Street) More: Milwaukee street projects rely on $88 million in federal grants. What's their status under Trump? Of the 25 roadways, three appear particularly prone to traffic accidents: 27th Street to Layton Boulevard, Fond du Lac Avenue and Capitol Drive logged the highest numbers of serious and fatal vehicle crashes between 2018 and 2022. Layton Boulevard, by far, saw the highest number of both serious injury and fatal vehicle crashes in that period — though this 13.8 mile-corridor is also longest on the list by several miles. Miller Park Way, meanwhile, is the shortest on the list at 1.3 miles but still logged 10 serious injury crashes. Toggle through the chart below to see the number of fatal and serious injury crashes per roadway: Transit corridor Number of fatal crashes (2018-2022) 27th Street - Layton Boulevard 26 Fond du Lac Avenue 18 Capitol Drive 15 Sherman Boulevard 13 Silver Spring Drive 12 Transit corridor Number of serious injury crashes (2018-2022) 27th Street - Layton Boulevard 101 Fond du Lac Avenue 73 Capitol Drive 69 North Avenue 63 Teutonia Avenue 57 For more information on the transit corridors, check out the county's detailed profiles of the roadways, including most common types of crashes, accident locations and top risk factors. Vanessa Swales contributed to this report. More: Milwaukee County OKs plan to combat reckless driving, traffic deaths in 25 transit corridors More: At Milwaukee's request, GOP state lawmakers aim to close reckless driving law loopholes This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What are the most dangerous roads in Milwaukee?
Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Automotive
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Resolution to combat reckless driving in Milwaukee County; Crowley signs
The Brief Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley signed a resolution combating reckless driving on Monday. The Comprehensive Safety Action Plan outlines strategies to address safety in Milwaukee County's 25 Corridors of Concern. Potential projects include a wide range of strategies and treatments, such as road diets, slow zones, signal improvements, and intersection daylighting. MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, alongside county, state and local partners, signed a resolution on Monday, Feb. 24 to combat reckless driving and eliminate traffic deaths in the future. What we know The Milwaukee County Department of Transportation's (MCDOT) Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP) outlines strategies to address safety in Milwaukee County's 25 Corridors of Concern- and paves the way to unlock potential federal funding to support these strategies. According to a news release from the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation, since 2014, fatal crashes have increased throughout Milwaukee County at a higher rate than the majority of the country. Overall, fatal and serious injury crashes increased 42% in 2020-2022 compared to 2010-2012. The Comprehensive Safety Action Plan lays out a menu of 522 potential Safety Project Opportunities in Milwaukee County that could reduce fatal and serious injury crashes by 38% on average at the locations where they are implemented, and 18% in the County overall. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Potential projects include a wide range of strategies and treatments, such as road diets, slow zones, signal improvements, and intersection daylighting. From this group of 522 potential projects, 142 locations are identified as priority projects. The Source The information in this post was provided by the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation.
