Prince George's County Vision Zero Story Map
Prince George's County Vision Zero Story Map
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2020
Authors
Ajala, Samuel
Akbari, Omar
Coleman, Janell
Patel, Kishan
Rauf, Asqa
Sheehy, Kayla
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Rainsford, Timothy
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Abstract
In the spring 2020 semester, the University of Maryland I-Consultancy tasked a team of college-level
information scientists to consult with Prince George’s County’s Department of Public Works &
Transportation (DPWT) on the development of a Vision Zero story map. This project was sponsored by the
University of Maryland’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS) and overseen by DPWT
employees, Andrea Lasker and Nima Upadhyay.
The Department of Public Works & Transportation oversees approximately 2,000 miles of roadways in the
County and is responsible for ensuring safe road conditions by removing snow and ice, installing and
upgrading streetlights, and much more. During the summer of 2019, Prince George’s County announced it
would join the Vision Zero Initiative, a worldwide project aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and severe
injuries. The County’s participation requires that DPWT produce a story map or website that showcases data
trends in crashes in the County.
The I-Consultancy team was tasked to help the department produce this deliverable. This report gives an
overview of the Vision Zero story map and provides information on accessing, maintaining, and updating it.
Notes
Final project for INST490: Integrated Capstone for Information Science (Spring 2020). University of Maryland, College Park.