advocacy
August 6, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, People Behind the Progress
I imagine a lot of safe streets advocates around the country feel shaken in the wake of two safe mobility champions recently hit and killed within weeks of each other. In two different cities, each was doing the thing that they had committed their professional lives to – working to improve safe everyday mobility for […]
August 28, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, People Behind the Progress
If you’re looking for inspiration on how advocates can bring communities and policymakers together to cultivate safe streets, look to the work of Zoe Scott. As Advocacy Director of Bike Walk Knoxville, Zoe leads Vision Zero advocacy efforts, including serving on the City of Knoxville’s Vision Zero Task Force. She also organizes neighborhood walking and […]
June 2, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, People Behind the Progress
If you want to see how policy can shape safer streets, just follow the work of Michael Kelley, the Policy Director for BikeWalk Kansas City (BikeWalkKC). In his role, he has been an instrumental figure behind the organization’s efforts to make walking, biking, rolling, and public transit safe and more accessible across the Kansas City […]
March 3, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, People Behind the Progress
If you need proof that advocacy can create real change, just look at Emily Stein. After losing her father to a distracted driver in 2011, Emily turned her grief into action, launching a powerful push for safer streets. As the Executive Director of Safe Roads Alliance, she has been a relentless advocate for road safety, […]
August 30, 2024 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News, Families for Safe Streets
As we plan for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR) on Sunday, November 17, we focus on an important truth: Traffic Deaths and Serious Injuries are Preventable. This theme for WDoR in the U.S. underscores the often-overlooked reality that we have the tools and know-how to address the public health crisis of […]
April 26, 2024 • BY Kate Fefelova • IN News, Families for Safe Streets, 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, […]
November 21, 2023 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
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 […]
February 8, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
If yours is like most cities in the U.S., you’ve got a speed problem. Not just a speeding problem, in which people are breaking the law by driving above the posted limit, but also, just as importantly, a speed problem, in which street- and vehicle-design and the way speeds are set actually encourage higher, less […]
January 30, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Not all Vision Zero, or roadway safety efforts, are created equal. Sometimes, unfortunately, the “walk” falls short of the “talk” amongst those committing to Vision Zero. Who’s on the right track and who could use a course correction? Read about what we consider some of the bright spots – and disappointments – in today’s Vision […]
November 22, 2022 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Families for Safe Streets
From Boise to Boston, Durham to Denver, Omaha to Orlando, communities across North America mobilized for Safe Streets to Save Lives, as part of annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday, November 20, 2022. A record number of communities across the U.S. — more than 60 — and hundreds more worldwide […]
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