Vision Zero

London Bikes

London Has a Plan to Become the Best Big City for Cycling

A new five year Cycling Action Plan explains London's ambitions to become a leading city for cycling—in the name of the environment, traffic safety, and congestion relief.

December 19, 2018 - Forbes

Los Angeles Road

Speed Limit Increases Needed to Improve Enforcement, Says L.A. City Proposal

In a strange confluence of factors, expired speed limits and a state statute have hampered speed enforcement. Unfortunately, the proposed solution also looks a like a problem.

December 5, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

Red Light

Proposed Safety Improvements in D.C.: Fewer Right Turns on Red Lights and 20 MPH Speed Limits

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed a slew of traffic safety changes, some of which could go into effect in early 2019.

October 25, 2018 - Greater Greater Washington

Dobbs Ferry

Car Ownership Continues to Rise in New York City

The de Blasio administration says they're committed to the Vision Zero goal of shrinking car ownership, but they don't seem to be doing much to slow its growth.

October 23, 2018 - StreetsBlog NYC

Pedestrian Safety

Forget Stop Signs: Use Psychology to Get Drivers to Yield

A new study sheds light on what actually convinces drivers to slow down and stop for pedestrians.

October 21, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

Changes Approved for Pedestrian Safety on San Francisco's Sixth Street

A safety-minded street reconfiguration overcame opposition in San Francisco thanks to strong political leadership.

October 20, 2018 - San Francisco Examiner

D.C. Mayor Proposes New Enforcement Measures to Support Vision Zero

Making a speeding ticket a lot more expensive might convince drivers to slow down.

October 3, 2018 - WJLA

Sound Transit Rendering

Tacoma's Growing Transit System

Tacoma is growing, so the city is expanding light rail and introducing bus rapid transit.

September 25, 2018 - The Urbanist

Crosswalk Market and Third San Francisco

Vision Zero’s Ambitious Safety Plans Face Implementation Realities

The program’s outcomes in different cities show varying levels of success and some failures.

September 24, 2018 - The Guardian

Pedestrians and Walkable Street

Walkable Suburbia

It's not impossible to reshape the suburbs to be more walkable, but it does require careful planning and design.

September 6, 2018 - Jason Beske

Ghost Bike

Vision Zero, Bad Faith

It seems like Vision Zero never had a chance.

July 13, 2018 - Greater Greater Washington

Speed hump

New York's Slow Zones Haven't Made Streets Safer

The city may not have done enough to actually slow down driving in its nominal slow zones.

June 28, 2018 - StreetsBlog NYC

Bike Signal on the Hornby Separated Bike Lane in Vancouver

Friday Funny: A New Hand Signal for Begging Drivers Not to Kill

This is another one of those "funny" articles, in that it's satire about a tragic state of affairs.

June 22, 2018 - The Beaverton

Biketown

Portland Installing 200 Sensors in the Name of Traffic Safety

Portland is hoping better vehicle and pedestrian counts, produced by high-tech sensors place on street light poles, can help deliver on Vision Zero promises.

June 19, 2018 - The Oregonian

Ontario Street

A Famous Former Planning Director and the 'War on Cars'

Former Toronto Planning Director Jennifer Keesmaat is responding to rising pedestrian and bike fatalities in the "Vision Zero" city with a series of calls for action.

June 19, 2018 - The Toronto Star

Emergency Response

Some Fire Departments Are Supporting Change for the Sake of Safer Streets

A few pioneering fire departments are making room for safety (while demanding less space) on city streets.

May 30, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

Los Angeles STreet

Mobility as a Symphony: Los Angeles Prepares for Transportation of the Future

LADOT is rehearsing now for the day it has to manage autonomous vehicles alongside delivery drones and air taxis.

May 25, 2018 - The Planning Report

Ghost Bike

Two Strategies for Achieving Vision Zero

To end traffic fatalities while still enabling urban mobility, cars will have to slow down and people will have to travel by other modes.

May 22, 2018 - Medium

Road Diet

Major Street Reconfiguration Underway in Detroit

A $1 million project to reduce vehicle lanes on Detroit's Jefferson Boulevard is designed to increase safety along the busy corridor.

May 17, 2018 - Crain's Detroit Business

Telegraph Avenue

How the U.S. Could End Traffic Fatalities by 2050

Taking Vision Zero beyond the local level.

April 26, 2018 - Curbed

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