From the Winter of 2024 to the Spring of 2025, the project team followed this process to develop the Move Safely Blue Ridge Action Plan.
StoryMaps incorporate interactive maps, photos and text, as a digital storytelling tool used to guide you through important information in a visual and engaging way. This interactive StoryMap shows how our community is working to make roads safer for everyone, by identifying where existing fatal and serious injury crashes have occurred, and where high-priority road segments are.
Between December 2023 and June 2025, Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC) conducted three rounds of public engagement to inform the development of Move Safely Blue Ridge. In addition to engaging the general public and all six local jurisdictions within TJPDC for each round of engagement, a Working Group of stakeholders was formed to ensure community priorities were reflected in the plan, from which nine community champions were elected to expand outreach, build community support, and increase awareness for the development of the plan.
The project team shared the draft plan with the Working Group and held meetings with each jurisdiction to gather valuable feedback about the proposed projects for each community.
