Vision Zero

'Vision Zero 2.0' Launched When Vision Zero 1.0 Didn't Save Any Lives

Toronto has gone back to the drawing board for more effective strategies and tactics for reducing traffic fatalities after its first attempt failed to produce any measurable results.

July 18, 2019 - The Star

Traffic Safety

U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Rise, While European Pedestrian Fatalities Fall

Europe proves to Americans that when it comes to pedestrian fatalities, it doesn't have to be this way.

July 5, 2019 - City Observatory

Highway 101 California

California's New Vision Zero Task Force Convenes

A new state task could prove its seriousness about ending traffic fatalities, by recommending that two of its most populated counties test speed cameras on highways.

June 28, 2019 - The Mercury News

Traffic Safety

When it Comes to Road Diets, Evidence Doesn't Matter

Drivers are a powerful enough lobby to overcome all evidence of the need to redesign streets for safety. Examples from Maryland and Virginia provide the latest case studies in Vision Zero futility.

June 25, 2019 - Greater Greater Washington

Traffic Safety Advocates

An Investigation of the Nation's Increasing Number of Pedestrian Fatalities

PBS New Hour takes a deep dive into the climbing number of pedestrian deaths in the United States—now at their highest level in almost three decades.

June 20, 2019 - PBS News Hour

Red Light

Mulling the Idea of Ending Right Turns on Red Lights

San Francisco might follow the lead on New York City when it comes to right turns on red lights.

May 27, 2019 - San Francisco Examiner

20's Plenty

Infographic: Where Vision Zero Is Making a Difference

Streetsblog has created a graph to track the progress of Vision Zero cities in reducing traffic fatalities.

May 23, 2019 - Streetsblog USA

Winter Pedestrians

New York to Consider Fines for Distracted Walking

A state senator in New York thinks one way to lower the number of pedestrians killed every year is to penalize people who cross the street while looking at their phone.

May 20, 2019 - The Guardian

Meter Maid

Vision Zero Proposal Includes Citizen Parking Enforcement

One perhaps overlooked detail of an ambitious Vision Zero bill proposed last week for Washington, D.C.: a provision that would allow ordinary citizens to issue parking tickets.

May 16, 2019 - WTOP

Cincinnati

Opinion: It’s Time for Cincinnati to Embrace Vision Zero

Pedestrian fatalities are rising, and one city council candidate has had enough.

May 14, 2019 - Cincinnati Enquirer

Washington D.C. Street

D.C. Transportation Bills to Move Vision Zero Plan Closer to Reality

Washington, D.C., is not meeting its Vision Zero goals. Three proposed bills would put requirements in place to make traffic safety a priority.

May 13, 2019 - Greater Greater Washington

Biking Los Angeles

L.A. Failing to Reach Vision Zero Goals

The city has seen a rise in car crash deaths since implementing its Vision Zero initiative. Advocates say not enough action is being taken to make streets safer.

May 9, 2019 - Los Angeles Times

Arizona Streets

Dead on Arrival: Vision Zero Loses at the Phoenix City Council

Car-oriented politics keeps scoring wins in Phoenix.

April 24, 2019 - Arizona Republic

Open Streets

First Open Streets Event Coming to D.C.

The nation's capital could soon join the 122 U.S. municipalities with open streets events.

March 28, 2019 - Curbed Washington D.C.

Opinion: Promising Complete Streets Project Now a 'Monument to Half-Baked Efforts'

A protected bike lane project in Downtown Los Angeles has ceded too much ground to cars, according to this opinion piece. If only it were the only example to choose from.

March 27, 2019 - Los Angeles Times

A 'Walk in the Park' Needs a 'Walk to the Park'

Several strategies and initiatives seek to make parks more accessible on foot in the county of Los Angeles. Clement Lau, an L.A. County planner, summarizes a few of these strategies and initiatives.

March 19, 2019 - UrbDeZine

SoMa San Francisco

It Takes a Fatality to Remove On-Street Parking

On March 8, 30-year-old Tess Rothstein of Berkeley was riding a rented Ford GoBike in San Francisco's SoMa district when a car door suddenly opened, forcing her outside the narrow white line of the conventional bike lane into the path of a truck.

March 15, 2019 - San Francisco Examiner

Seattle Downtown

Pedestrian Head Starts Key to Vision Zero Goals in Seattle

Seattle is working toward its Vision Zero goals, after a year in which most people killed by drivers in the city were pedestrians.

March 13, 2019 - The Seattle Times

Los Angeles Road Diet

Choosing Bike Lanes Over Bikelash in Los Angeles

Activists threaten to sue after the city of Los Angeles decided to forgo environmental review on a street reconfiguration project that removed a vehicle lane on Venice Boulevard.

March 12, 2019 - Los Angeles Times

New York Bike Lane

Car-Free Streets, City Control of Transit: New York City Council Speaker's New Platform

New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson had a busy week, releasing an ambitious plan to "break" the "car culture" of New York.

March 7, 2019 - StreetsBlog NYC

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