enforcement
September 1, 2026 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
How do we identify and use the most effective, cost-efficient and equitable tools to make real and lasting road safety progress? This is the high stakes question we delved into during our August 2026 webinar, City Steps: Rightsizing the Role of Traffic Enforcement. We learned how Oakland, California and Minneapolis, Minnesota are actively assessing and, […]
July 7, 2026 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
In our recent webinar, we were joined by allies at the Policing Project at NYU Law and the ACLU to discuss ways to make traffic enforcement efforts more effective, cost-efficient, and equitable. Check out Vision Zero Network’s new report, Right-Sizing the Role of Traffic Enforcement, to find out more. We discussed important but often overlooked […]
June 1, 2026 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
Over the past decade, Vision Zero Network's stance on enforcement has evolved. We have listened to and learned from many of our partners leading important work in the criminal justice space, who have helped illuminate how racialized enforcement, including discriminatory traffic stops, are too often carried out in the name of safe streets. Advocating for […]
April 27, 2026 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
We are proud to share a new resource, Right-Sizing the Role of Traffic Enforcement: Prioritizing Effective, Cost-Efficient and Equitable Improvements to Road Safety, which aims to help Vision Zero practitioners, advocates and policymakers take a more data-informed and equitable approach to traffic enforcement. About This Effort The nation faces a road safety crisis, with the […]
February 3, 2026 • BY Vision Zero Network • IN News, Webinars
by Reetu Pethani High speeds remain a leading cause of traffic deaths and severe injuries in the United States – even as the tools to tame speeds and prevent tragedies become more effective and accessible. We highlighted some of the most promising – and underused – speed management tools in our January 2026 webinar. Led […]
April 1, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
If the goal is to use speed safety cameras (along with other measures) to effectively and fairly deter dangerous speeds, then serious thought should be put into how the program is designed, operated and evaluated. We’re encouraged to see more communities focused on this goal, which helped lead to the development of the new report, […]
March 3, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
Speed safety cameras are recognized as an effective tool to deter dangerous speeds and improve safety on our roads, yet their use also raises valid concerns. These include the potential for camera programs to disproportionately burden low-income road users financially – and beyond. Another concern is that the revenue generated from speed safety camera programs […]
February 3, 2025 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
Speed safety cameras, when thoughtfully implemented, offer significant safety benefits and provide an alternative to police-led traffic stops, which require more resources and are associated with racial bias. However, cameras also pose questions and challenges to consider. One of the most pressing concerns is the potential for disproportionate financial burdens on low-income road users. Recognizing […]
November 1, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
Takeaways from the Vision Zero Cities Conference Many U.S. communities are increasingly eager to prevent traffic violence without unintentionally perpetuating biased traffic enforcement, which is particularly harmful to people of color and people in low-income communities. We explored strategies to re-assess and right-size the role of enforcement in a recent panel at the 2024 Vision […]
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 […]
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