Vision Zero
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Worst Practices: How Urban Planning Fails Vision Zero
The effectiveness of our entire suite of defenses hinges on the policies and practices adopted by planners. Far too often, these development decisions are made with a blissful disregard of their ultimate safety consequences.
October 14, 2020
Driver Kills Pedestrian at Gough and Geary
With the return of traffic and compromises on safety plans, Vision Zero is proving as elusive as ever
August 13, 2020
Trump Says COVID-19 Deaths May Be the Price We Pay for a Strong Economy — Just Like Traffic Deaths
Deadly car crashes are not the price we must pay to sustain our civilization. Neither are coronavirus deaths.
March 25, 2020
How the Media Shapes Public Perception of Roadway Safety and What to Do About it
Small word choices can make a big difference. Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. hear authors Tara Goddard and Kelcie Ralph discuss their research on media framing of traffic violence and how it distorts public perception.
March 9, 2020
Another City Eliminated Non-Driver Deaths in 2019
Here's what we can learn from its example
February 11, 2020
Zero Fatalities Task Force Report: Change the Way Speed Limits Are Set
The "85th Percentile Rule" relies on outdated assumptions and needs to be fixed
February 6, 2020
Norwegian Capital Achieves Vision Zero: No Traffic Fatalities
Secrets from Oslo, where the zero of Vision Zero is taken seriously.
January 3, 2020
Safe Streets Advocates Stage Die-In to Protest Garcetti and City Council Lack of Vision Zero Progress
What will it take for Los Angeles' Mayor Eric Garcetti and the L.A. City Council to take hundreds of annual traffic deaths seriously?
December 4, 2019
Best Practices: Five Vision Zero Tips for Suburbs
The suburbs have a harder job than their urban counterparts to make streets safer, but one county outside Washington D.C. is showing that it is possible to cater to cyclists and pedestrians in a place built around the car.
December 3, 2019
Congress Eyes Funds for Vision Zero
House members propose a bill that would fund pedestrian- and cycling-safety efforts.
October 25, 2019
