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Safe Streets COS is a citywide initiative to reduce traffic crashes and improve safety for all road users in Colorado Springs. The program combines data-driven strategies, infrastructure improvements, enforcement tools, and public education to address the most serious safety risks on city streets. Residents will see changes such as safety demonstration projects, school zone enhancements, and expanded safety camera programs designed to save lives.

Safe Streets COS is driven primarily by the Transportation Safety Action Plan and related data dashboard. It also encapsulates current and future safety items undertaken by the City. Current projects supporting Safe Street COS include school zone implementation, safety demonstration projects, the red light camera program, and the speed safety camera program.

Transportation Safety Action Plan   Red-Light Safety Cameras   Speed Safety Camera Program 

Safety Demonstration Projects   School Zone Safety Implementation

Transportation Safety Action Plan

The Transportation Safety Action Plan provides a citywide, data-driven strategy to reduce serious injury and fatal crashes in Colorado Springs by 35% by 2035, using 2023 as the baseline year. The plan identifies high-risk corridors and intersections using crash data and helps guide future engineering, education, enforcement, and safety improvement efforts where they can have the greatest impact. Residents can explore the Transportation Safety Action Plan and the City’s Traffic Safety Dashboard to learn more about crash trends, high-risk locations, and ongoing safety initiatives across Colorado Springs.

View the Transportation Safety Action Plan

The dashboard below shows motor vehicle crash data from the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). The goal is to help the City’s Safety Action Plan by showing crash patterns and trends to make transportation safer. Open the dashboard in a new window.

Red-Light Safety Cameras

Red-light safety cameras are used at select high-risk intersections in Colorado Springs to help reduce dangerous driving behaviors and prevent serious crashes. These intersections are chosen based on crash history, traffic volumes, and documented safety concerns. Drivers are notified before entering camera-enforced intersections through clearly posted signage.

Learn more

For current camera locations, program details, and frequently asked questions, visit the Colorado Springs Police Department Red-Light Safety Program page.

Speed Safety Camera Program

The Colorado Springs Police Department’s Speed Safety Camera Program uses mobile speed safety cameras in targeted areas to help reduce dangerous speeding and improve safety for everyone using the roadway. Camera deployments focus on locations where vulnerable roadway users are present and where speeding creates elevated safety risks, including school zones, neighborhoods, construction zones, and roads near parks.

The mobile systems are deployed strategically based on safety needs, traffic conditions, and community concerns. Drivers are notified through posted signage when entering active enforcement areas.

Learn more

For deployment information, program details, and frequently asked questions, visit the Colorado Springs Police Department Speed Safety Camera Program page.

Safety Demonstration Projects

Safety demonstration projects are temporary, low-cost transportation safety improvements used to test potential roadway changes before permanent construction occurs. These projects allow the City’s Traffic Engineering team to gather real-world data, evaluate how drivers and roadway users respond to changes, and identify solutions that improve safety for everyone using the transportation system.

Many demonstration projects are focused on corridors and intersections identified through the Transportation Safety Action Plan and High-Risk Network analysis, where crash data shows elevated safety concerns. Some projects are funded through the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.

Examples of recent and future safety demonstration projects include:

  • Neighborhood traffic circles
  • Speed tables
  • Speed feedback warning signs
  • Ring flashers for school zone signs
  • Protected bike lanes

School Zone Safety Implementation

Over the past three years, the City of Colorado Springs has expanded school zone safety improvements at elementary, middle, and high schools across the city to help improve safety for students, families, pedestrians, and drivers. While many elementary schools already had school zones in place prior to the launch of this effort in 2023, the City has continued implementing new signage, school zone designations, and related safety enhancements at additional school locations.

These improvements support the goals of Safe Streets COS and the Transportation Safety Action Plan by helping reduce speeds and improve driver awareness in areas with high pedestrian activity near schools.