Vision Zero

White and purple sign for Slow Street in San Francisco, California with people crossing crosswalk.

San Francisco Suspends Traffic Calming Amidst Record Deaths

Citing “a challenging fiscal landscape,” the city will cease the program on the heels of 42 traffic deaths, including 24 pedestrians.

July 1, 2025 - KQED

Bird's eye view of busy urban intersection with bus lanes, traffic, and pedestrians.

How Understanding Near-Misses Can Improve Road Safety

Most road safety efforts are based on data about crashes that have already occurred. But important information can be gleaned from incidents when something almost went wrong, but didn’t.

June 24, 2025 - Cities Today

Two people walking away from camera through pedestrian plaza in street in Richmond, Virginia with purple and white city bus moving in background.

Vehicle-related Deaths Drop 29% in Richmond, VA

The seventh year of the city's Vision Zero strategy also cut the number of people killed in alcohol-related crashes by half.

June 17, 2025 - WRIC

People on bike wearing helmets stopped at intersection waiting for passing cars in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Swaps Car Lanes for Bikeways in Unanimous Vote

The project will transform one of the handful of streets responsible for 80% of the city’s major crashes.

June 4, 2025 - Philly Voice

Cobblestone street with vintage street lamps in Savannah, Georgia.

Savannah Reduces Speed Limits on Almost 100 City Streets

The historic Georgia city is lowering speed limits in an effort to reduce road fatalities.

May 20, 2025 - WJCL

Wide speed hump on Pittsburgh bridge with yellow Speed Hump sign on sidewalk.

Pittsburgh Excels at Low-Cost, Quick-Build Traffic Calming

The city’s traffic calming initiative has led to a 6 percent average reduction in speeds on corridors with recent interventions.

May 11, 2025 - Strong Towns

Aerial view of Fall Creek bridge in Indianapolis with bike lanes and walking paths.

New Indianapolis Bridge Prioritizes Walking, Biking

Over half the surface of the Fall Creek Bridge is devoted to walking and biking paths.

May 6, 2025 - WTHR

People biking along beach path with moored ship in San Diego, California.

San Diego Adopts First Mobility Master Plan

The plan provides a comprehensive framework for making San Diego’s transportation network more multimodal, accessible, and sustainable.

May 2, 2025 - SD News

Intersection in downtown Sacramento, California with neoclassical building with columns on left.

Sacramento Plans ‘Quick-Build’ Road Safety Projects

The city wants to accelerate small-scale safety improvements that use low-cost equipment to make an impact at dangerous intersections.

April 28, 2025 - The Sacramento Bee

Close-up on 45 mph speed limit sign with part of Golden Gate Bridge visible in background, San Francisco, California.

San Francisco Turns On California’s First Speed Cameras

The city is the first in the state to use automated traffic enforcement to reduce speeding and traffic deaths.

March 25, 2025 - KQED

Close-up on pedestrian crosswalk light in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin with historic building with steeple visible in background.

Milwaukee Announces 60 Traffic Calming Projects for 2025

The city has successfully reduced traffic deaths and aims to eliminate them completely within the next decade.

March 23, 2025 - Urban Milwaukee

An adult man, stopped on a Seattle, Washington street corner, preparing for a rainy morning bike commute.

Seattle Recorded Zero Bike Deaths in 2024, per Early Data

The city halved the number of pedestrian deaths compared to 2021.

March 10, 2025 - Seattle Bike Blog

People walking on San Francisco street with 'Slow Streets' signs.

San Francisco Slow Streets Bucks Citywide Trend, Reducing Injuries by 61 Percent

Low-cost interventions aimed at slowing traffic are making a major impact on road safety.

March 4, 2025 - KQED

Complete Street

‘Complete Streets’ Webpage Deleted in Federal Purge

Basic resources and information on building bike lanes and sidewalks, formerly housed on the government’s Complete Streets website, are now gone.

February 27, 2025 - Streetsblog USA

Three speed cameras aimed down at a busy freeway with blurred traffic at twilight.

States Have Mixed Feelings on Speed Cameras

While some states and cities are embracing automated traffic enforcement as a tool for improving road safety, others are banning the technology over concerns that the programs are designed for profit rather than public benefit.

February 25, 2025 - Route Fifty

Crosswalk on street in Raleigh, North Carolina with parking on both sides and capitol building visible in background.

Raleigh Announces Safe Streets Plan

The city wants to eliminate traffic deaths by 2045.

February 4, 2025 - Hoodline

Bird's eye view of high-rise buildings in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

OKC Releases Draft Vision Zero Plan

The plan identifies a High Injury Network and strategies for improving road safety on Oklahoma City streets.

January 22, 2025 - Oklahoma City Free Press

Close-up of pedestrian and bike traffic light turned green.

‘Safe Land Use:’ A Key to Road Safety

How approaching transportation planning through a public health lens can reduce traffic deaths.

January 15, 2025 - Streetsblog USA

Aerial view of busy NYC crosswalk with pedestrians and blurred traffic.

NYC Pedestrian Deaths Rose in 2024

The city’s Vision Zero efforts seem to have stalled.

January 5, 2025 - The New York Times

Street scene in Portland, Oregon

Portland Traffic Deaths Surpass 2022 Number

This year, 69 people have died in traffic crashes in Portland, Oregon, nearly twice as many as in 2018, when the city began its Vision Zero program.

December 25, 2024 - KATU.com

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