Vision Zero
Top Categories
Messaging About Vision Zero Matters — Here’s How To Do It Better
Cities across the U.S. are embracing "safe systems" approaches. But are they prepared to sell their residents on those game-changing strategies — much less involve them as meaningful partners?
February 13, 2024
Five Things to Learn From NYC’s Decade of Vision Zero Successes And Shortcomings
America's oldest city-wide Vision Zero goal is turning 10. What can other cities learn from their experiences?
February 11, 2024
50 Years Since Nixon’s ‘National Speed Limit’: A Tale of Missed Opportunities
A half-century after the federal government instituted a national maximum speed, setting speed limits that keep all road users safe has become a political battleground.
January 30, 2024
Call to Action: Bring the Road Diet Back to Franklin
Tell SFMTA and Supervisor Stefani to make Franklin safer
Michael Sacks
January 23, 2024
Bike Talk: SFMTA’s Failed Vision Zero Effort
Nick Richert, host of 'Bike Talk,' the premier radio program on all things bikey, goes into more depth with Streetsblog editor Roger Rudick and advocate Stacey Randecker about San Francisco's failed attempt at Vision Zero
January 9, 2024
States, We Need Your Vision to Get to ‘Zero’
State DOTs play a central role in the safety and sustainability of transportation systems because states set policies. Here are two that do it poorly and two that do it well.
Jenn Fox
December 25, 2023
Commentary: San Francisco Spent Ten Years Trying to Fake its Way to Vision Zero
If SFMTA and San Francisco's politicians spent as much time, money and energy building real infrastructure as they do on spin and half-baked "better than nothing" schemes, Vision Zero would be achieved. Let's hope in 2024 the city will finally get serious about safety
December 22, 2023
Anatomy of a Complete Streets Policy
How San Diego Advocates Pushed for, and Won, a Better Approach to Road Design
The post Anatomy of a Complete Streets Policy appeared first on Streetsblog California.
December 20, 2023
San Francisco’s World Day of Remembrance
City marks another year of tragedy with Vision Zero more elusive than ever
November 20, 2023
Study: Yes, SUVs Are Deadlier Than Cars — But on Fast Arterials, Pedestrians Die No Matter What
In car-dependent Tennessee, SUVs and pick-ups aren't driving the pedestrian death surge — because roads are so fast that even the smallest cars will kill anyone they might strike.
October 24, 2023
