The Vision Zero Cities Journal provides information on traffic safety innovations and the global movement toward Vision Zero.
Vision Zero is a strategy, adopted by local and national governments around the world, that aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries.
The Vision Zero Cities Journal is an international journal of traffic safety innovation and the global movement toward Vision Zero published by Transportation Alternatives.
Articles from the 2022 Journal:
The Case for Taxing Large Vehicles
By Justin Tyndall
Driving as a Risk Factor: A New Paradigm for Vision Zero
By Todd Litman
Out of Control: How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads
By Sindhu Bharadwaj & Matthew Roe
Why the Insurance Industry Needs a Seat at the Road Safety Table
By Kat Krieger
LA’s Traffic Violence is a Public Health Crisis That Needs Public Health Solutions
By Madeline Brozen & John Yi
Why Everyone Hates Cyclists: Realistic Group Conflict Theory and the Plight of Cyclists
By Nadia Williams
Made in Nigeria: The Electric Cargo Bike Revolution Comes to Africa
By Olukokun Tolulope
Vision Zero Reporting: How I Built a Natural-Language Processing Tool to Improve Media Coverage of Car Crashes
By Gregory Lang
Jakarta: The Need to Keep Moving Forward
By Fani Rachmita
Towards Mobility Without Gender Barriers in Buenos Aires
By Manuela López Menéndez
Connected Vehicles Without Speed Limitation Is More of the Same
By Peter Norton
Street Safety: Not Just for Progressives
By Michael Lewyn
FULL STORY: Vision Zero Cities Journal 2022
Jacksonville Takes Action on Vision Zero
The city is implementing its first-ever Vision Zero Action Plan in an effort to reduce pedestrian and cyclist deaths and serious injuries.
Pittsburgh Agencies Collaborate on Vision Zero Projects
The city reduced pedestrian deaths to seven in 2023.
Pedestrian Deaths Tick Down — But Rose 58 Percent in the Last Decade
Road fatalities fell by a meager 4 percent in the first half of 2023.
Alabama: Trump Terminates Settlements for Black Communities Harmed By Raw Sewage
Trump deemed the landmark civil rights agreement “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”
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The 120 Year Old Tiny Home Villages That Sheltered San Francisco’s Earthquake Refugees
More than a century ago, San Francisco mobilized to house thousands of residents displaced by the 1906 earthquake. Could their strategy offer a model for the present?
In Both Crashes and Crime, Public Transportation is Far Safer than Driving
Contrary to popular assumptions, public transportation has far lower crash and crime rates than automobile travel. For safer communities, improve and encourage transit travel.
Report: Zoning Reforms Should Complement Nashville’s Ambitious Transit Plan
Without reform, restrictive zoning codes will limit the impact of the city’s planned transit expansion and could exclude some of the residents who depend on transit the most.
Judge Orders Release of Frozen IRA, IIJA Funding
The decision is a victory for environmental groups who charged that freezing funds for critical infrastructure and disaster response programs caused “real and irreparable harm” to communities.
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