Welcome to the Integrating Road Safety Audits to Enhance Gainesville’s Vision Zero Action Plan project. This initiative focuses on conducting comprehensive Road Safety Audits along two high-risk multimodal corridors—34th Street (SR 121) and SW 35th Place. These corridors were identified in Gainesville’s Vision Zero Action Plan as priority locations for safety improvements, especially in underserved communities.
Using a data-driven approach combined with input from residents, agencies, and community partners, the project will identify systemic and site-specific safety issues, propose equitable countermeasures, and support the City’s Vision Zero commitment to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries.
About
The SR-121 (34th Street) and SW 35th Place corridors are critical connectors for students, faculty, and residents navigating Gainesville’s urban core. They pass through areas with dense off-campus housing, commercial activity, and high multimodal travel demand, making their safety performance especially important.
Between 2017 and 2021, these corridors experienced 3,375 reported crashes, including:
- 5 fatal crashes, highlighting persistent safety concerns
- 89 severe injury crashes
- 101 crashes involving vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists
Given their proximity to the University of Florida and their role as daily routes for thousands of young adults, the corridors warrant focused Road Safety Audits to identify design deficiencies, behavioral risk factors, and opportunities for systemic improvements. The audits will evaluate roadway geometry, lighting, speed conditions, and crossing infrastructure, with particular attention to the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders.
Findings from these audits will inform data-driven strategies that advance Gainesville’s Vision Zero goals, improve mobility, and enhance livability in one of the city’s most active and student-centered environments.
Get Involved
We want to hear from you! Your input is essential to shaping a safer, more accessible Gainesville. As part of the City’s Safety Action Plan, we’re inviting residents, workers, and visitors to share their transportation safety concerns.
Whether it’s a dangerous intersection, areas with frequent speeding, missing sidewalks or bike lanes, or any location where people feel unsafe — your feedback matters.
Contact
Have questions about the City of Gainesville’s Safety Action Plan? We’d love to hear from you!
Dr. Shraddha Sagar
Principal Investigator, University of Florida
ssagar@ufl.edu