Safe System
December 10, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
As Vision Zero and the Safe System approach gain attention and support across the nation, it is important to remember that these Vision Zero commitments are more than just words or taglines. This work is ambitious, but it IS achievable, and it starts with recognizing that this is a fundamentally different approach to prioritizing safe […]
November 1, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
Santa Rosa, California offers a promising model to advance Vision Zero in a (mostly) suburban environment. Like many American cities, Santa Rosa (population 170,000) boasts a challenging mix of road designs and land uses, with some roads originally designed for higher speeds than needed. Santa Rosa’s team analyzed safety issues while developing its Vision Zero […]
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 […]
October 29, 2024 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
Proponents of autonomous vehicles (AV) consider them to be essential building blocks on the road to zero traffic deaths. Skeptics worry about the safety promises of AVS being overblown and distracting from nearer-term (and less sexy, well-funded) safety solutions. On October 24, 2024, Vision Zero Network hosted a frank and purposeful discussion about the role […]
October 9, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
(Steal this Idea!) Wondering how your State Highway Safety Office (SHSO) can meaningfully support local Vision Zero efforts? Check out North Carolina’s impressive model of leveraging readily available funds (yes, available in every state - more below) to foster collaboration and advancement of the Safe System approach. In a recent webinar, hosted by the Governors […]
September 3, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, Webinars
It’s important to celebrate the progress that some U.S. communities are making to prioritize health equity in their Vision Zero work. Examples include Oakland, CA implementing the majority of safety investments and improvements in the communities experiencing the greatest burden of safety risks; Philadelphia, PA ending pretext traffic stops for non-safety related offenses because of […]
September 2, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News, People Behind the Progress
Leah Fisher, a Built and Natural Environment Analyst, for Clackamas County, OR. Leah has been in this shared public health and transportation and land use role at Clackamas County for just over one year. She works collaboratively with the Department of Transportation (DTD) to incorporate health and equity into the County’s long-range plans and projects. […]
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 […]
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, […]
January 8, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
Imagine if we depended on each person in the country to figure out their own plan to get clean water to their individual household, rather than investing in a shared filtration and sanitation system to provide safe, clean drinking water to the entire community. Fortunately, wise people have figured this out, and we all benefit. […]
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