Kent Target Zero Action Plan

The City of Kent is developing a Target Zero Action Plan (TZAP) to improve transportation safety in Kent, working towards eliminating fatalities and serious injuries due to crashes. When every loss of life is a tragedy, the City of Kent wants to address transportation safety concerns by reviewing locations where crashes have occurred and where you feel unsafe walking, rolling, biking, and driving.

The Kent Target Zero Action Plan is the next evolution of the Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP), expanding the transportation safety conversation. The City of Kent’s LRSP is a data-driven analysis of crash patterns on Kent roadways. The LRSP recommends cost-effective solutions for projects in alignment with the principles of the 2021 Kent Transportation Master Plan, the Target Zero: Washington State Strategic Highway Safety Plan from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, and the Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The LRSP is updated every two years and is required by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to be eligible for certain grant programs, and is an important part of understanding and expanding safe transportation across the City.

We heard from hundreds of people over two phases of engagement at both online and at in-person events - thank you! Your input informed the solutions recommended in the draft plan. A summary of the plan and the process used to create it was presented to City Council in a workshop on February 4, 2025.

The Kent Target Zero Action Plan - Public Draft is now live! Check it out and then take our brief survey to let us know if you support the plan, what we may have missed, and what you would like to see more of. See the Documents section to download and view the plan.

The survey is active until March 5th, 2025.