Month: January 2024

Chapel Hill January Traffic-Safety Initiatives

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The Chapel Hill Police Department is planning several pedestrian safety enforcement operations in January, in addition to normal patrols. Scheduled special operations include – but are not limited to – the following dates:

  • Thursday, January 4, 7am to 11am
  • Wednesday, January 10, 7am to 11am
  • Tuesday, January 16, 6pm to 10pm
  • Friday, January 19, 9am to 1pm
  • Friday, January 26, 7am to 11am
  • Wednesday, January 31, 7am to 11am

*Dates and times may change

Each effort will focus on areas with heavy pedestrian and bicycle traffic, including downtown, and mid-block crosswalks (ex. along the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Estes Drive corridors). Officers encourage everyone traveling, regardless of your mode of transportation, to remember that community safety is a shared responsibility.

The Chapel Hill Police Department is also planning at least four speed enforcement operations in January – in addition to normal patrols – with the main goal of improving safety for everyone who shares roads.

  • Tuesday, January 9, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
  • Tuesday, January 16, 8am to 10am
  • Tuesday, January 23, 10am to 12pm
  • Tuesday, January 30, 8:30am to 10:30am

*Dates and times may change

Preparing Your Teen Driver

You have more influence on your teen than you may think. Be a good example and get involved in their driving habits from the beginning, and stay involved for during their teen years. Check out the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s guide for you and your loved ones.

Vision Zero

On October 13, 2021, Chapel Hill’s Town Council adopted a Vision Zero Resolution, which states that traffic injuries and deaths aren’t inevitable “accidents,” but preventable crashes. The Town committed to ending all transportation and mobility-related deaths and serious injuries by 2031. This will be achieved through a comprehensive and holistic approach to designing safe roadway systems for all users, no matter how they choose to move throughout the community. To view the resolution, click here.