The city wants to eliminate traffic deaths by 2045.

Raleigh, North Carolina announced its first Vision Zero plan, a Safe Streets for All strategy aimed at eliminating traffic deaths by 2045 and “shaping a transportation network that reflects the concerns and needs of its citizens.”
As Adrianne Sinclair explains in Hoodline, the plan includes proposals to improve bike and pedestrian infrastructure and make the city’s transportation system “more equitable and user-friendly.”
The program is funded in part by the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program. According to the city, the plan will identify ways to work toward reducing fatalities and serious injuries by 25 percent every five years and completely by 2045. “As a key component of this plan, the SS4A team will conduct a citywide analysis to identify high-injury and high-risk areas for road users. Through this analysis, the team will utilize a data-driven approach to implement high-impact safety improvements at critical crash hotspots.”
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Fremont, California Criminalizes Homelessness, “Abetting” Encampments
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