Citywide project · City street safety plan
Vision Zero (Traffic Safety)
Action plan approved June 2025. Goal: zero traffic deaths by the end of 2037.
The project as a whole
Under construction now.
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The map
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Vision Zero (Traffic Safety)
- High Injury Network (most dangerous streets)
- City traffic safety projects
- Speed humps
- Raised crosswalks
- Speed tables
- Curb bump-outs
- Traffic circles
- Raised bus stop islands
- Alder district borders
Pale purple lines are the High Injury Network, the 9 percent of streets where 59 percent of traffic deaths happen. Colored marks are safety changes the city has built, from its own maps. Navy lines are city traffic safety projects; the line pattern shows each one's stage (solid is finished). Tap any line to see that spot in Google Street View.
The story
Vision Zero is Milwaukee's plan to end traffic deaths and life-changing injuries by the end of 2037. In 2024, 70 people were killed in traffic crashes in the city. The Common Council approved the full action plan in June 2025. It lists more than 100 steps, grouped into seven big ideas.
The plan starts with the streets where the most people get hurt. The city calls them the High Injury Network: just 9 percent of Milwaukee's streets, where 59 percent of traffic deaths happen. They are drawn on the map in pale purple, under the safety changes the city has already built.
Much of the work is fast and cheap: curb bump-outs, speed humps, plastic posts, and new paint that make drivers slow down at crossings. Federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grants have paid for many of these "quick-build" fixes. Bigger street rebuilds and protected bike lanes are part of the same plan.
Timeline
- 2022 · DoneCity commits to Vision Zero
- 2023 · DoneFirst federal safety grant, 26 intersections
- 2025 · DoneAction plan approved
- 2025 to 2027 · UnderwayQuick fixes on dangerous streets
- 2037 · PlannedGoal: zero deaths and life-changing injuries
- Years
- 2022 to 2037
Designs, renderings, and plans
What it could look like, from the agencies’ own drawings, renderings, and meeting boards. Each link opens their file.
In the news
Recent stories from local news sites, public radio and TV, and advocacy groups (labeled), found through Google News and updated every morning. Headlines link to the outlet.
Who decides, and how to have a say
City of Milwaukee. The Common Council approved the plan and approves the grants. The Department of Public Works redesigns streets, and the Police Department handles enforcement.
Sources, checked October 31, 2026: City of Milwaukee, Vision Zero Action Plan executive summary (goal, High Injury Network, 2024 deaths); City of Milwaukee, Vision Zero; City of Milwaukee High Injury Network map data, updated February 2026; map: City of Milwaukee 2024 High Injury Network; City of Milwaukee DPW projects dashboard; City of Milwaukee speed humps map; City of Milwaukee raised crosswalks map; City of Milwaukee speed tables map; City of Milwaukee bump-outs map; City of Milwaukee traffic circles map; City of Milwaukee raised bus stop islands map. Street View imagery © Google.