Resource Library
Hot
Topics
Particularly timely and relevant resources related to Vision Zero:
- Fundamentals of the Vision Zero Action Planning
- Safe System Approach: the basics
- Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program
- World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
- More Funding Opportunities for States
- Where to Start on the Road to Vision Zero
- Reaching Vision Zero: Analysis Shows it’s Achievable
- Centering Safety at Metropolitan Planning Orgs
- Vision Zero communities (Map)
Vision Zero
Fundamentals
Fundamentals to support your community’s planning and actions to advance Vision Zero:
- Core Elements for Vision Zero
- Where to Start on the Road to Vision Zero
- Guidelines for Creating an Effective Vision Zero Action Plan
- 9 Components of a Strong Vision Zero Commitment
- Principles, Policies & Practices to Advance Vision Zero
- What is the High Injury Network?
- Interdepartmental Coordination toward Vision Zero
Safe System
Approach
Vision Zero is more than a goal — It is a paradigm shift to the Safe System approach. Learn more:
- Fundamentals of the Safe System Approach
- Demystifying the Safe System Approach
- Webinars on the Safe System approach: Vision Zero Network & NTSB
- Zero Deaths & Safe System (FHWA)
- Safe System Explanation (ITE)
- Recommendations of the Safe System Consortium (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
- Sustainable and Safe: A Vision and Guidance for Zero Road Deaths (WRI)
- Implementing Safe Systems in the U.S. (CSCRS)
Managing Speeds
for Safety
Safe speeds are a core tenet of Vision Zero and the Safe Systems approach. Learn how communities can prioritize safety over speed:
Centering
Equity
Vision Zero efforts must recognize and work to change historical and current harmful effects of systemic racism, which are intertwined with roadway safety work. Read more:
- Safe Mobility is a Right
- Acting for Racial Justice & Just Mobility
- Vision Zero Equity Strategies for Practitioners
- Principles of Mobility Justice (The Untokening)
- Rethinking the Role of Enforcement in Traffic Safety: Part 1 & Part 2
- It’s Time to Evolve Beyond the Es Approach to Traffic Safety
- How-To Guide for Decriminalizing Mobility (Bike/Walk KC / Safe Routes Partnership)
- Roadway safety, design & equity (Journal of Transport & Health)
- Vision Zero: A Health Equity Road Map for Getting to Zero (Prevention Institute)
- Racial Inequity in Traffic Enforcement
- Elevating Equity in Vision Zero Communications
- Fines and Fee Justice Center
- Confronting Power and Privilege
- At the Intersection of Active Transportation and Equity
- Portland’s Lessons on Equity through Vision Zero
- Dangerous by Design (Smart Growth America)
Models for
Taking Action
Examples of strong Vision Zero plans, policies & practices in the U.S.:
- Model VZ resolutions, directives, plans
- Vision Zero Action Plan Library (UNC)
- Creating & Sustaining a Strong Task Force
- Lessons from SF’s High Injury Network
- Vision Zero: Communicating to advance traffic safety
- Vision Zero Equity Strategies for Practitioners
- Centering Safety at Metropolitan Planning Orgs
- Guidelines for Creating an Effective Vision Zero Action Plan
- San Francisco, CA resolution about the Vision Zero Plan
- New York City, NY package of traffic safety bills
- Examples of Effective Action Plans: Los Angeles and Denver
- Examples of Action Plans: Boston (MA), Philadelphia (PA), Washington, DC, Madison (WI), Houston (TX)
- Fleet Safety Webinars
Designing for
Vision Zero
Designing Safer streets is an essential component of the Safe System approach. Learn how to design streets that accommodate human vulnerabilities and prevent human errors:
- Urban Street Design Guide (NACTO )
- Elements of a Complete Streets Policy (National Complete Streets Coalition)
- Complete Streets (FHWA)
- The Case for Self-Enforcing Streets (Transportation Alternatives)
- Proven Safety Countermeasures (FHWA)
- Dangerous By Design (Smart Growth America)
- Cities Safer by Design (WRI)
- Quick-Build Solutions to Safer Streets (Alta Planning)
National
Vision Zero Efforts
National efforts and resources related to Vision Zero in the U.S.:
- Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program
- National Roadway Safety Strategy (USDOT)
- National Goal of Zero Roadway Deaths Lauded
- Vision Zero Community of Practice (FHWA)
- Road to Zero Coalition
- Families for Safe Streets
- Vision Zero Cities: International Journal of Traffic Safety Innovation
- Transportation Safety Planning & the Zero Deaths Vision: A Guide for MPOs and Local Communities (FHWA)
International
Resources
Learnings and models from abroad on setting and advancing the goal of safe mobility for all: