Project Overview

In 2024, Fountain was awarded a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant to
develop its first transportation safety focused action plan. The first-ever City of Fountain Safety Action Plan (SAP) will identify safety concerns, develop a toolkit of solutions, and establish a prioritized program of actions to effectively move the needle toward ZERO fatal and serious injury crashes in our city. The framework to accomplish this goal is through comprehensive safety analysis, focused community engagement, impartially distributed safety actions, and transportation policy reform, resulting in actionable strategies and projects to improve transportation safety for the citizens of our city.

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This new transportation safety plan will help position itself towards our “Vision Zero” goal to reduce deaths and the number of severe crashes. At its core, this goal is inspired by the belief that traffic collisions are preventable, and even one loss of life is too many. The plan will be developed through a data-driven process improving safety in the city through first analyzing crash data for the region to understand where, why, and how crashes occur. The plan will guide Fountain and partner agencies in improving safety through implementation of recommended countermeasures based on the safety data analysis, road safety audits, and a prioritized list of projects.

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As a part of this effort, the project team will conduct an analysis of safety data, identify priority locations for further review based on the results of the crash data analysis, seek stakeholder and public input on crash information, identify countermeasures for priority locations, and conduct road safety audits for priority locations. The project team will also develop a toolkit of best practices to address those key factors, create a prioritized list of projects, improve public policy reflecting the city’s support towards Zero Deaths, identify recommendations for improving safety beyond infrastructure solutions, and produce a final report and implementation plan.​

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End Results

The Safety Action Plan will produce a user-friendly dashboard for tracking projects and their progress that can be accessed through this website. The ultimate goal is to establish a Transportation Safety Program that will continuously monitor and react to high-risk locations, one that is equitable and able to identify a broad range of cost-effective projects for implementation. New policies and processes will be developed supporting safety for all modes of transportation along with citywide considerations for implementation of the SAP.

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Throughout the development of the plan, the City will work with transportation safety stakeholders, coordinate with state partners, and seek input from Colorado residents.