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Item Planning for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2019) Chao, Lynda; McNiel, Dan; Mohler, Elliot; Hase-Raney, Isaac; Corder, Ian; Leys, Kathryn; Molinari, Eric; Schneider, Ben; Del Rosario, Ari; Houser, Emily; Simmons, Koehl; Steinhoff, Forrest; Engstrom, Shannon; Haney, Patrick; Nowak, Jacqueline; Want, YuyanThese projects were completed as part of a year-long partnership between Scott County and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). The goal of the project was to research and plan for how several key sites in the county could be adapted and re-envisioned to accommodate connected and autonomous vehicles. Students in Dr. Fernando Burga’s Land Use Planning class worked with Scott County Traffic Engineer Mark Callahan to research the role of connected and autonomous vehicles in: impacting pedestrian safety, creating suburban and rural transportation hubs, master planning for an urban village, and restructuring freight and ports. Each team of students created a series of research posters that use visuals to introduce the problem, explore precedent and case studies, examine policy solutions, and provide design renderings and recommendations. Research posters from each site are available.Item Vision Zero Minneapolis: Crash Data Analysis and Traffic Calming Program Recommendations(2020-05-02) Fitzgerald, Cassie; Houser, Emily; Ryan, GalenThis report addresses two parts of the City of Minneapolis’ Vision Zero program: analyzing recent crash data to update and build on crash data reporting from 2007-2016, and making recommendations for a program to systematically and equitably prioritize resident requests for traffic calming improvements. The High Injury Network and ACP50 Census Tracts are important indicators for directing Vision Zero resources. Over half of all crashes in Minneapolis occurred on the High Injury Network (excluding crashes on interstates and roadways exclusive to vehicles). Sixty-five percent of severe and fatal crashes occurred within 20 meters of the High Injury Network. Although 28 percent of the population lives in ACP50 Census Tracts, over 42 percent of all severe injury and fatal crashes occurred there. Seventy percent of ACP50 Census Tracts have a crash rate of over 200 crashes per 1,000 residents. Each year between 2016 and 2018 saw an increase in severe injury and fatal crashes. This is accounted for by new crash recording practices that prompt responding officers to more accurately identify a severe crash. Bicycle- and pedestrian-involved crashes decreased from 2016 to 2018, while crashes involving only vehicles increased.