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November 30, 2023 • BY Jenn Fox • IN News

States: We’re looking at you. We need you.

Local, regional and tribal communities in the U.S. are committing to Vision Zero at record numbers. And, the national Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and stepped-up federal strategies are bringing more funding and attention to safe infrastructure and public transportation. While this is encouraging, we need states to align their policies and funding decisions. Without state level …

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November 21, 2023 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News

Calls for Action Heighten on World Day of Remembrance

From Portland to Pittsburgh, Louisville to Las Vegas, and Madison to Montgomery County, Maryland, a record-number of people joined forces to call for an end to the tragic and preventable roadway safety crisis across the nation. On this World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR), more than 75 communities organized rallies, memorial walks …

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November 3, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars

Speed Matters: Using Safety Analytics to Fast-Track Projects to Manage Speeds

Managing speeds is a critical – if not the critical – strategy to advance Vision Zero. Recognizing this, communities are looking for ways to more rapidly pilot and implement effective actions to reduce speeds. And, fortunately, funding – including from the new federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program – is increasingly …

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October 27, 2023 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars

Achieving Equity in Vision Zero Planning: A Framework for Transformative Change

In the U.S., BIPOC and low-income communities experience an alarmingly high and disproportionate burden of risk on our roadways. The need for change is urgent. And the opportunity is ripe for policymakers, roadway safety professionals and Vision Zero advocates to address this tragic – and preventable – racial and income gap in safety outcomes. Vision …

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October 17, 2023 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News

World Day of Remembrance: Bringing Urgency to Vision Zero Efforts

As the U.S. grapples with an epidemic of traffic deaths, the relevance of the annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) on November 19, 2023 is even more evident. The statistics from 2022 painted a grim picture, with more than 46,000 people killed in preventable traffic crashes, underlining the need to change …

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October 3, 2023 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars

Tracking & Sharing Vision Zero Progress: Lessons from Denver, Louisville & Washington, DC.

How do we know if we are making progress on Vision Zero goals in a community? What are ways to communicate promising steps that may not be visible to all? How about the challenges that need to be addressed? And, how do we continue to learn and evolve to reach our Vision Zero goals?  These …

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August 8, 2023 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars

Institutionalizing Health Equity in Vision Zero: From Planning to Practice

Note we released a new resource, Prioritizing Health Equity in Vision Zero Planning, outlining more actionable steps to integrate equity priorities in Vision Zero planning, decision-making, strategies, investments and more.  With growing focus on Vision Zero – safe mobility for all people – there is an important opportunity to align the goals of roadway safety …

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July 27, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims: November 19, 2023

Planning Starts Now: Safe Streets For People Mark your calendars for November 19, 2023 — World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR). In addition to being a day to honor those killed and injured in roadway crashes, this is also an important day of action for Vision Zero. WDoR unites millions of people …

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June 15, 2023 • BY Jenn Fox • IN News, Webinars

Prioritizing Safe Speeds in Vision Zero Planning & Actions

The fact that speed is a factor in at least one-third of roadway deaths in the U.S. is well known in traffic safety circles. Yet, for too long, we have made little progress in addressing America’s tragic – and preventable – speed problem.  Why? Part of the reason, we believe, is that we’ve been focusing …

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June 2, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News

Four Things You May Not Know About Safe Streets & Roads for All Grants

The first round of federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grants shared $800M to advance Vision Zero in areas covering more than a half of the U.S. population. More than 500 communities – local, regional and tribal – are being supported for their roadway safety work as part of the nation’s first-ever commitment …

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