Leah Shahum
January 20, 2022 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Today’s approach to promoting safe mobility in the U.S. is failing. Traffic deaths are skyrocketing, with a 24% increase in the rate of roadway fatalities in 2020 over 2019. Racially biased traffic stops are exposing unacceptable injustices endemic in policing and transportation systems. Strategies aiming to achieve unachievable perfect behavior on the roads block progress […]
November 22, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN Families for Safe Streets, News, Zero Traffic Deaths
In Boston, they laid 4,000 yellow roses on the steps of the State House, representing those killed and seriously injured in crashes in Massachusetts in 2020 and 2021. In St. Paul, they lined candles on the steps of the State Capitol in the shape of “447,” the number of people killed in traffic crashes, so […]
November 11, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN Families for Safe Streets, News, Zero Traffic Deaths
Nov. 15-21: Contact Your Members of Congress We need your help to win support for the first-ever national commitment to and plan for Vision Zero — zero traffic deaths or severe injuries among all road users. In the lead-up to World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on November. 21, 2021 and in light […]
November 4, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN Families for Safe Streets, News, Zero Traffic Deaths
Actions Planned Across U.S. as Traffic Deaths Increase Record Levels World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – Sunday, November 21, 2021 – is taking on extra urgency as the number of people dying and severely injured in preventable traffic crashes in the U.S. is rising at an alarming rate. […]
October 6, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
To some, a future with autonomous vehicles (AV) is a promising path to safe streets. To others, it’s a worrisome combination of new and ongoing safety problems. And for most, there are a lot of questions. That’s why we hosted the September 22 webinar – Exploring the Future of Autonomous Driving & Vision Zero. We […]
September 27, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN Families for Safe Streets, News, Press
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – Sunday, November 21, 2021 – is taking on extra urgency as the number of people dying and severely injured in preventable traffic crashes in the U.S. is rising at an alarming rate. In 2020, 42,060 people died in motor vehicle crashes – […]
September 7, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Zero Traffic Deaths
As we cheer the introduction of the first-ever Congressional Resolution calling for the national goal of Zero Traffic Deaths, we need your help to enlist supporters and ensure that this encouraging step translates to ACTION! As of our latest update on December 8, 2021, there are 54 official supporters of the Resolution in Congress – out […]
August 23, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
National Study Shows Pedestrian Crashes are Predictable & Preventable If we knew a certain model of airplane failed catastrophically and consistently, killing everyone on board – say, an average of 100-to-115 people dead every day, year after year – would we ignore the problem and chalk it up to an unfortunate risk of flying? If […]
July 27, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Press, Zero Traffic Deaths
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2021 Media contacts:Leah Shahum, Vision Zero Network, leah@visionzeronetwork.org Amy Cohen, Families for Safe Streets, amy@familiesforsafestreets.org, 646-581-4232 Congress Considers Confronting Traffic Safety Epidemic with Commitment to Vision Zero In the face of a worsening safety crisis on our roads, community members across the country applauded the introduction today of a bicameral Congressional […]
June 1, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Share Your Feedback by July 22nd (new date!) [pullquote]Watch the June 25th information session for helpful background.[/pullquote]It’s no secret that we have much room to improve in this country to make our transportation systems truly equitable and safe for all people. And a lot of the “fix” starts with collecting and using better data that […]
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