• Date Due: November 01, 2026
  • Author: Department of Transportation
  • Enabling Authority: Chapter 906 Enactment Clause 1. (Regular Session, 2026)
  • Description:
    Report on the criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones in the Commonwealth in areas that have experienced elevated rates of crashes, injuries, or fatalities involving pedestrians or cyclists, and shall consider (i) crash data, injury reports, severity statistics, and fatality statistics from the previous five years; (ii) the 25 highway segments in the Commonwealth with the highest rates of crashes, injuries, or fatalities involving vulnerable road users as that term is defined in § 46.2-816.1 of the Code of Virginia; (iii) potential safety improvements and how to fund them; (iv) fiscal implications of additional automated traffic enforcement civil penalties in any designated vulnerable road user safety zones; (v) fiscal implications of any potential fines, fees, and costs for related criminal convictions; and (vi) any other relevant information and data.