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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 […]
October 7, 2024 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Significant support for Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) in the nation's biggest state signals a growing appetite to shift the nation’s deadly traffic safety status quo. California legislators passed a landmark bill in August to require ISA in new vehicles manufactured or sold in the state starting in 2030. This proven technology, already widely used effectively […]
September 5, 2024 • BY Tiffany Smith • IN News
Urge Governor Newsom to Support First-in-Nation Law California lawmakers passed a first-in-the-nation bill (SB-961) to require all cars and trucks manufactured or sold in California to give an audio and visual alert to drivers when they’re going more than 10 mph above the speed limit, starting in 2030. Given that at least one-third of traffic […]
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 […]
January 3, 2024 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
“Why is Vision Zero failing in the U.S.?” It’s the most frequent – and frustrating – question I heard last year. And I get it. Looking at the disturbing data of the past few years, (see below), triggers alarm and dismay. Thinking of the human toll and devastation reflected in these numbers demands answers. In […]
November 3, 2023 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News, Webinars
Managing speeds is a critical – if not the critical – strategy to advance Vision Zero. Recognizing this, communities are looking for ways to more rapidly pilot and implement effective actions to reduce speeds. And, fortunately, funding – including from the new federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program – is increasingly […]
The fact that speed is a factor in at least one-third of roadway deaths in the U.S. is well known in traffic safety circles. Yet, for too long, we have made little progress in addressing America’s tragic – and preventable – speed problem. Why? Part of the reason, we believe, is that we’ve been focusing […]
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 […]
March 22, 2021 • BY Leah Shahum • IN News
Communities Embrace Safe Speeds, Key to Safe System Approach We are pleased to announce that three California communities have been selected to participate in a series of virtual workshops designed to develop and sustain effective speed management for safety programs. Palmdale, Oakland and Kern County were selected through a competitive application process. Each community will […]
March 17, 2021 • BY Jenn Fox • IN News, Safety Over Speed
Anyone working on traffic safety efforts – whether at the local, regional, State, or Federal level – knows that coordination between the various levels can be challenging. Even when agencies share the same overarching goal of safety, their policies, practices, and communications may not always align. We are pleased to showcase a helpful resource released […]
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