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Greensboro’s Department of Transportation
(GDOT) has made great strides in fiscal year 2016-
2017 towards ensuring that a safe and mobile
transportation system for all modes of travel can be
sustained well into the future.
Key Financial Support
Last November Greensboro voters approved up to
$60 million in Bonds to enhance and preserve our
transportation system. These Bonds will be used
to build sidewalks, repave streets and mark bike
lanes, improve unsafe or congested intersections,
develop downtown streetscapes, replace buses,
and complete the downtown greenway.
The residents of Greensboro have generously
supported GDOT over the past 30 years by
approved bond referenda that provided more than
$340 million for transportation projects. These
bond funds have been used to support critical
transportation improvements and to leverage
significant state and federal transportation funds.
The state legislature has also established revenue
sources to accelerate projects that are vital to
economic development, including key projects in
the Triad. All told, almost $1 billion will be invested
over the next ten years to make our transportation
system safer, more multimodal, more efficient and
sustainable.
Envisioning Zero Traffic Deaths
How many traffic accidents in our community are
an acceptable number? How many traffic accidents
within our own families are acceptable?
Is it fair to say zero?
Over the next 12 months GDOT will work to
develop a “Vision Zero,” joining the statewide
effort to drastically reduce traffic fatalities over the
next 15 years. Vision Zero is based on the belief
that any loss of life is not an acceptable price to
pay for mobility. North Carolina is the ninth most
populous state in the country, and yet ranks fifth
highest in traffic fatalities.
NC Secretary of Transportation James Trogdon
recently told the Greensboro Area Municipal
Planning Organization that traffic safety and
reducing traffic fatalities will be a top priority of
the NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
Vision Zero will involve a collaboration of efforts
of many jurisdictions and will include safer design
standards, public education and awareness
campaigns, new and improved traffic laws to deter
speeding and distracted driving as well as strict
enforcement of these laws.
The Future of Transit
The Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA) has made
many advances over the past 12 years, as we have
seen ridership double to nearly 5 million passenger
trips per year.
In order to continue to provide transit services
that meet the needs of our community, GTA
is conducting a long-range transit plan, “Get
On Board 2040.”Through robust input and
collaboration of community stakeholders, Get On
Board 2040 will identify gaps in our existing transit
system and develop a series of recommended
improvements that will meet the long-term needs
and goals of our community.
Continuing a Safe and Mobile, Multimodal and Sustainable
Transportation System
D I R E C T O R ’ S C O R N E R
Adam Fischer
Director
City of Greensboro
Department of Transportation