Leah Shahum
September 1, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
How do we identify and use the most effective, cost-efficient and equitable tools to make real and lasting road safety progress? This is the high stakes question we delved into during our August 2026 webinar, City Steps: Rightsizing the Role of Traffic Enforcement. We learned how Oakland, California and Minneapolis, Minnesota are actively assessing and, […]
August 6, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, People Behind the Progress
I imagine a lot of safe streets advocates around the country feel shaken in the wake of two safe mobility champions recently hit and killed within weeks of each other. In two different cities, each was doing the thing that they had committed their professional lives to – working to improve safe everyday mobility for […]
August 6, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Case Studies
Making Vision Zero commitments and developing robust plans are important, early steps for communities working to advance safe mobility for all. The next step to making meaningful, lasting gains in road safety – an ongoing series of steps – is to institutionalize the Safe System principles that underpin Vision Zero in a community’s everyday work. […]
July 7, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Please join us in welcoming Reetu Pethani as Vision Zero Network’s new Program Associate. Reetu has been part of our team as an intern over the past year, helping to grow local engagement with the annual event World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and supporting research, program coordination and communications, including visual storytelling […]
April 14, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
In our April 2nd webinar, we explored how tech tools and creative partnerships can support a more proactive and effective Safe System approach to road safety by helping communities better identify risk and encourage safe driving behaviors.The conversation showcased tools from Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) and Uber that can complement Vision Zero and Safe System […]
December 9, 2025 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
As I wrote in this Streetsblog USA article (November 28, 2025), some headlines suggest that Vision Zero is falling short in the U.S., but a closer look at what’s happening in Vision Zero cities tells a different – and more encouraging – story. Case in point: Austin, Texas released an impressive 10-year report acknowledging that […]
November 5, 2025 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
Many communities lack reliable, up-to-date information about essential elements of their transportation systems, preventing them from making the case for safety improvements. We learned how the State of Rhode Island and other communities are leveraging mapping technologies to address this problem, particularly to improve pedestrian safety. Watch our recording of the October 23, 2025 webinar […]
November 4, 2025 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Our collective understanding of what it takes to advance Vision Zero in the U.S. has evolved over the past 10 years. While the fundamentals of Vision Zero remain solid, we’ve also learned a lot about how U.S. communities can most effectively advance – and, importantly, institutionalize – lasting road safety progress. As Vision Zero Network […]
October 28, 2025 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
We are thrilled to welcome transportation safety expert Dr. Ivan Cheung as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow contributing to Vision Zero Network’s efforts. Along with decades of research and policy experience, he brings an unwavering commitment to advancing safe mobility as a fundamental human right, working to ensure public access to safe, efficient, equitable and […]
October 6, 2025 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Vision Zero Network is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year. Over the next few months, we will be marking this milestone by reflecting on a decade of change, thanks to the work of so many of you, and looking ahead to how we can help accelerate progress in the years ahead. Look out for events […]
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