Vision Zero
Streetsblog California
American Cities and the Creeping Criminalization of Walking
Montclair, California, is the latest American city to fall for the dangerous fiction that outlawing the act of walking while looking at a mobile device will make people safer.
February 21, 2018
Montclair, California Declares War on Pedestrians
What's next? Should Montclair outlaw being blind while walking? Being old and slow? Using a wheelchair? Being short? Being young? Wearing hats with ear flaps?
February 20, 2018
A Q&A with an SF Firefighter about Vision Zero and Windshield Perspective
Michael Crehan has been a firefighter in San Francisco for five and a half years. And unlike most firefighters, he lives in the city and bikes to work.
February 15, 2018
Firefighters Try to Hose Vision Zero
Union tries to lock in veto power commitments from mayoral candidates
February 9, 2018
Marin Decision Highlights Urgent Need for State Legislation to Protect Vulnerable Road Users
Motorist Matthew Marshall Engle threatened to shoot a cyclist, tried to run him off the road, and drove blindly through a crosswalk--and had his reckless driving charges dismissed
January 11, 2018
In San Francisco, Advocates and City Officials Discuss Progress on Vision Zero
San Francisco experienced a drop in traffic fatalities in 2017, but "The loss of one life is the loss of too many," said acting mayor London Breed.
January 5, 2018
Is Your City Committed to Vision Zero, or Just Paying Lip Service?
For mayors, declaring a commitment to safer streets is the easy part. Following through with meaningful policies to rapidly reduce traffic injuries and deaths is another matter.
December 21, 2017
MacArthur Park’s Alvarado Street Triple Scramble Boosts Pedestrian Safety
As part of Vision Zero, LADOT installed three pedestrian scrambles along MacArthur Park's Alvarado Street: at 7th Street, Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street
December 15, 2017
‘In Our Shoes’ Commemorates Victims of Traffic Violence
On the steps of L.A.'s City Hall East, hundreds of shoes commemorated the hundreds of people killed in traffic violence.
November 20, 2017
Advocates Demand Leadership from Mayor Lee on Vision Zero
Open letter calls on city to deliver effective safety improvements at the site of every traffic violence fatality this year.
November 8, 2017
