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WHEREAS,Orange County will take a proactive approach to develop an effective Transportation <br /> Safety Plan built on a foundation of Safe Systems principles and elements that will translate into <br /> evidence-based implementation processes; and <br /> WHEREAS, creating safer streets is likely to encourage the use of more active transportation <br /> options, thereby increasing population health, access to healthy foods and active transportation <br /> options; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County Transportation Services will plan and implement transportation <br /> projects with equity at its forefront, striving to impact the most vulnerable and dependent users of <br /> the most dangerous roadways of the transportation network in the effort to ensure outcomes will <br /> be experienced equitably throughout the region; <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Orange County agrees to support, plan and <br /> program projects that commit to a goal of zero deaths and serious injuries that are a result of crashes <br /> by 2050; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Orange County is dedicated to measuring the progress, <br /> challenges, and successes of the Vision Zero commitment and will do so with tangible,reportable <br /> metrics that will be reported upon on an annual basis. <br />