Vision Zero/Active Transportation
- View the presentation slides from the second Active Transportation Meeting.
- Interactive Transportation Map
This map shows the Borough's bike & ped route, sidewalk network, and a few of the recent traffic improvements. It also features a map of the electric trolley network in Carlisle between 1894 and 1930!
View the presentation materials from the first Active Transportation Meeting (Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Analysis).
This interactive map analyzes the reportable crash data from 2005-2024 provided by PennDOT, with attention to the established bike/ped route in the Borough. You can click on the maps and charts to enlarge them and get a closer look.
- Map of Intersections with the Highest Total Crashes on Bicycle Routes within the Borough, 2005-2024
- Comparison Table: Number of Crashes vs. Crash Rate by Intersection
If you were unable to attend the first meeting, you can catch the presentation again on Wednesday, March 16, at noon at Borough Hall, 53 West South Street. The second meeting will then be held at 6:00 p.m. in Dickinson College's Stern Great Room, located at 208 West Louther Street.
Active Transportation Meeting
The Borough of Carlisle will host a series of community meetings in March to support the development of an Active Transportation Plan. The meetings will provide opportunities for residents, community partners, and stakeholders to review data, discuss safety trends, and help identify priorities for improving walking, bicycling, and overall transportation safety throughout the Borough.The first two meetings will feature presentations on crash data on the borough’s bicycle routes, driver behaviors, and street design improvements. The third and final meeting will be an interactive workshop. The meeting schedule is as follows:
- March 11, 6:00 p.m.
Carlisle Alliance Church, 237 East North Street
Presentation: Reported Crash Data Analysis on Carlisle’s Bicycle Routes - March 18, at 6:00 p.m.
Dickinson College, Stern Great Room, 208 West Louther Street
Presentation: Driver Behaviors and Street Design Improvements - March 25, at 6:00 p.m.
Carlisle Borough Hall, 53 West South Street
Workshop: Stakeholder Mapping and Interactive Data Gathering in Small Groups
In August 2023, Carlisle Borough Council passed a resolution in support of Vision Zero. Carlisle joins cities worldwide in the Vision Zero movement to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries and to increase safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.
Vision Zero is a strategy to reduce traffic fatalities and severe injuries among ALL road users, whether walking, biking, riding scooters, driving, etc., to zero. The policy suggests that traffic deaths and serious injuries are not inevitable but preventable. Vision Zero recognizes that people will make mistakes, so roads and related policies and systems should be designed to prevent these mistakes from resulting in severe injuries or fatalities.
By adopting the resolution, we commit to the safety of our streets by implementing designs that consider road users in order of vulnerability, deploying quick and cost-effective measures to protect human health and lives on our roads as soon as possible, developing an Active Transportation Plan, and monitoring, tracking, and reporting the effectiveness of these measures.
An internal sub-committee has been formed by the Borough Manager to help carry out these initiatives. Vision Zero also aligns with our Strategic Plan, as we work to make Carlisle accessible and connected.
Active Transportation Plan
The Vision Zero resolution calls for an Active Transportation Plan to be developed by 2027. An Active Transportation Plan focuses on improvements to infrastructure to make non-motorized transportation (e.g., walking, cycling, rolling) safe, convenient, and accessible for all users.
In creating this plan, we will include input from cyclists, pedestrians, and multimodal street users. Public meetings are planned for the first half of 2026, offering opportunities for residents to help shape the future of non-motorized transportation in the Borough. Watch this space for more information.