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July 3, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
The next time someone tries to challenge your investment in proven Vision Zero strategies for being too expensive, share these jaw-dropping findings with them: New York City saved $90 million in healthcare costs over the first five years of its Vision Zero changes. This comes from a recent study in the American Journal of Public […]
July 2, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
You’ve probably heard about the tremendous number of road safety improvements being planned and implemented in more than 1,000 communities across the nation thanks to new federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) funding. This includes new bikeways, sidewalks, pedestrian-scale lighting, traffic calming, safe speed strategies, safe routes to schools and parks, projects to […]
July 2, 2024 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News
Imagine a strategy that could prevent thousands of road deaths each year in the U.S. A strategy that limits the ability to drive at dangerously high speeds. A strategy that nearly eliminates the need for speed enforcement, whether through police-led traffic stops or cameras. You may be surprised to learn that such a strategy already […]
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 26, 2024 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN Families for Safe Streets, News, People Behind the Progress
Gina LaBlanc is a member of Families for Safe Streets (San Francisco Bay Area, CA chapter) and a passionate and effective road safety advocate. Most importantly, she is the Mom of Kyle (18), who was killed in 2016 by a speeding tow truck driver near a Light Rail Station in San Jose. For many years, […]
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 Leah Shahum • IN News
While recent data showing a 4% decrease in traffic fatalities nationally in 2023 over 2022 offers a glimmer of hope, we know that far more attention and resources must be focused on stemming the unacceptable number of preventable roadway deaths and severe injuries in the U.S. The recently announced new round of funding from the […]
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, […]
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