Active Transportation Alliance organizer W. Robert Schultz III (top right) testifies in favor of an ordinance making the city study fatal traffic crashes during a pedestrian and traffic safety committee meeting Sept. 6, 2023. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety on Wednesday approved legislation calling on the city’s transportation department to compile and study fatal traffic crash data on a regular basis and use the information gathered to pose policy solutions.

With the committee’s approval, the item will be considered by the full City Council Sept. 13.