NC Vision Zero Task Force

In 2015, the North Carolina Executive Committee for Highway Safety passed a Vision Zero resolution.
Out of that resolution, a Task Force was formed with members of the Committee and interested
stakeholders. The NC Vision Zero Task Force meets quarterly throughout the year to discuss program
efforts and learn from traffic safety researchers, organizations, and stakeholders across the state.

Vision:

To eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries through collaborative, data-driven interventions.

The purpose of the NC Vision Zero Task Force is to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on all
modes of ground transportation using data-driven prevention strategies (with emphasis on a safe
systems approach) in collaboration with local, regional, and state partners.

Mission:

To supply all safety stakeholders in North Carolina with effective resources, tools, and information,
enabling them to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

Purpose:

To provide direction and mobilize resources to help communities in North Carolina work toward achieving Vision Zero in the state. The task force is one facet of a coordinated effort to create a holistic, system level approach to reducing transportation fatalities in North Carolina. The task force is being organized by the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, through a grant from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program. For more information, please contact Elyse Keefe at ekeefe@email.unc.edu.

NC Vision Zero Statewide Task Force members (2024-2025):

• Mark Ezzell, NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program
• Kelly Kavanaugh, NC Division of Public Health
• Hanna Cockburn, Greensboro DOT
• Jennifer Delcourt, NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program
• Terry Lansdell, Bike Walk NC
• Jim Dunlop, NCDOT
• Joe Furstenberg, NCDOT
• Derrick Waller, Stantec Engineers
• Bergen Watterson, NC Vision Zero community representative (Chapel Hill)
• Ellen Walston, NC Vision Zero community representative (Greenville/Pitt Co)
• Andrew Meeker, East Coast Greenways
• Brian Murphy, NCDOT Safety Unit
• Shawn Troy, NCDOT Safety Unit
• Eliza Fitzpatrick, SADD
• Dean Ledbetter, NCDOT
• Vicki Eastland, Land of Sky MPO
• Abby Coffey, NC Division of Public Health
• Tracy Russ, ITRE
• Sravya Suryadevara
• Doug Moore, NC Vision Zero community representative (Clemmons)
• Allison Simpson, NC Families for Safe Streets
• Dale McKeel, Conservation Network
• Stephen Morgan, Knightdale Town Council