Webinars
November 1, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
Santa Rosa, California offers a promising model to advance Vision Zero in a (mostly) suburban environment. Like many American cities, Santa Rosa (population 170,000) boasts a challenging mix of road designs and land uses, with some roads originally designed for higher speeds than needed. Santa Rosa’s team analyzed safety issues while developing its Vision Zero […]
October 29, 2024 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
Proponents of autonomous vehicles (AV) consider them to be essential building blocks on the road to zero traffic deaths. Skeptics worry about the safety promises of AVS being overblown and distracting from nearer-term (and less sexy, well-funded) safety solutions. On October 24, 2024, Vision Zero Network hosted a frank and purposeful discussion about the role […]
October 9, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
(Steal this Idea!) Wondering how your State Highway Safety Office (SHSO) can meaningfully support local Vision Zero efforts? Check out North Carolina’s impressive model of leveraging readily available funds (yes, available in every state - more below) to foster collaboration and advancement of the Safe System approach. In a recent webinar, hosted by the Governors […]
September 3, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
It’s important to celebrate the progress that some U.S. communities are making to prioritize health equity in their Vision Zero work. Examples include Oakland, CA implementing the majority of safety investments and improvements in the communities experiencing the greatest burden of safety risks; Philadelphia, PA ending pretext traffic stops for non-safety related offenses because of […]
July 2, 2024 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
It’s encouraging to see the growing appetite – and funding – for quick-to-install, low-cost solutions to improve roadway safety in our communities. We showcased some of these at our June 26, 2024 webinar, sharing quick-build examples from across the country. We were joined by a Vision Zero Network sponsor, MPS, to learn about their SafetyStick™, […]
June 5, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
What does it mean when you hear that “Vision Zero is more than a goal? And more than just a slogan?” It means that advancing Vision Zero is not about working harder or caring about safety more – it is about doing things differently. Vision Zero – and the underlying Safe System approach – is […]
May 6, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
While transportation is most often thought of as how we get from one place to another—it's also about access and opportunity and our sense of place and community. So, efforts to advance Vision Zero is not just about the work that planners and engineers do, it’s an opportunity for everyone who uses the transportation system […]
April 3, 2024 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
Traditionally, vehicle safety has been considered a federal issue. So, understandably, many municipalities have shied away from including vehicle-related safety issues in their Vision Zero plans. But there are important ways that local communities can – and should – add this important Safe System component into their local road safety work. Learn more and hear […]
March 4, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
With increasing urgency, researchers, advocates and practitioners are asking the question: How do we make our roadway safety efforts in the U.S. more effective and equitable? And increasingly, the most promising responses draw inspiration from the strategies used by the public health profession. While transportation and public health have long shared a symbiotic relationship, unfortunately, […]
February 6, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
To achieve Vision Zero, we’ve got to recognize and address the disparities in who faces the greatest safety risks on our roadways, sidewalks and bikeways. Today, Black people are killed in crashes at a 30 percent higher rate compared to the white people and those living in low-income communities experience a fatality rate 35 percent […]
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