Comprehensive Safety Action Plan

Our Goal: Reduce serious injuries and traffic deaths on Renton’s streets.

Share your experiences and help shape safer streets in Renton

The City of Renton is creating a Safety Action Plan to make it safer and easier for everyone to get around, whether walking, rolling, biking, taking transit, or driving. This plan will guide long-term decisions and investments that aim to prevent serious injuries and deaths on Renton’s streets.

Your input will help identify potential safety issues, highlight everyday travel experiences, and shape actions that protect all road users across the entire city.

What’s happening?

Renton is developing the Safety Action Plan with support from a federal Safe Streets for All (SS4A) grant. The plan will use data, community insights, and proven strategies to work towards a transportation system where fewer crashes happen.

This work supports establishing a lasting culture of safety in Renton, grounded in awareness, accountability, and care for our neighbors.

Why a Safety Action Plan matters

Serious crashes affect families, neighborhoods, and the entire community. Understanding where and why crashes occur helps the city take proactive steps to improve roadways and prevent future tragedies.

Everyone has a role in keeping our streets safe. Simple actions—slowing down, staying alert, watching for others—can help save lives.

How the Safety Action Plan will improve safety

The plan uses the Safe System Approach which recognizes everyone is vulnerable in traffic and that mistakes happen. Rather than expecting perfect behavior, the city will work toward safer street design, clearer information, and better systems with redundancies that protect people.

In Renton, where major corridors like Rainier Avenue, Sunset Boulevard, and Grady Way serve both local neighborhoods and regional traffic, this approach means designing streets that better manage vehicle speeds, improve visibility at intersections, and provide safer crossings near schools, transit stops, and commercial areas.

By building in layers of safety—such as traffic-calming measures, protected spaces for people walking and biking, and coordinated education and enforcement—the Safety Action Plan aims to make Renton’s streets safer and more predictable. These improvements will help support a growing and diverse community, reduce serious injuries and fatalities, and ensure that Renton’s transportation system works safely for everyone who uses it.

The Safety Action Plan will:

• Identify where safety improvements are most needed using crash data and community input.
• Recommend safer street designs to prevent severe crashes.
• Support safe travel choices through education, outreach, and partnerships with local agencies, community groups, organizations and residents.
• Strengthen emergency response practices to reduce harm when crashes occur.

How you can get involved

Your voice matters. Renton residents know their streets best and your experiences help guide solutions that reflect real community needs.

Here’s how to stay involved throughout the project:

• Sign up for project updates to hear about new engagement opportunities.
• Take the survey when it launches to share your travel experiences and safety concerns.
• Participate in events and conversations happening around the city. These will be listed on the sidebar.

Your feedback will shape how Renton invests in safer streets today and in the years ahead.