Vision Zero

D.C. Says It Has 'Fallen Short' of Goal to End Traffic Deaths

Oct

2022

D.C. Says It Has 'Fallen Short' of Goal to End Traffic Deaths

The District on Thursday issued a report laying out measures to improve road safety, while also acknowledging it has "fallen short" in its work to end traffic deaths by 2024, a goal Mayor Muriel E. Bowser set seven years ago.

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Speeding-Limiting Car Bill More Proof of Speed Camera, Vision Zero Failure

Sep

2022

Vision Zero

Speeding-Limiting Car Bill More Proof of Speed Camera, Vision Zero Failure

Lawmakers have come up with yet another way to force drivers to slow down, another way to crack down on motorists.

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Countering the Safe Streets / Vision Zero Mindset

Jun

2022

Vision Zero

Countering the Safe Streets / Vision Zero Mindset

Some approaches to safe systems design aren't reasonable. In particular, the idea that cars should never go faster than the speed at which a fatal injury might occur if there's a conflict with a vulnerable road user is mostly nonsensical.

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Giving NYC DOT, Vision Zero Zealots Control of Speed Cameras Would Be a Disaster

Mar

2022

Speed Cameras

Giving NYC DOT, Vision Zero Zealots Control of Speed Cameras Would Be a Disaster

Vision Zero disciples punish us with lower speed limits, speed cameras, congestion pricing, residential parking permits, increased parking fees and other measures.

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Feb

2022

Vision Zero

Zero-Fatality Road Safety Idea

Now Buttigieg is proposing a "zero-fatality road safety strategy" that includes speed safety cameras. Buttigieg's plan is backed by $42 billion in funding from the Biden administration's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan.

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And So It Begins--Vision Zero From the Top Down

Feb

2022

Vision Zero

And So It Begins--Vision Zero From the Top Down

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced that his department wants to drastically reduce deadly traffic accidents through vehicle and street design changes.

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When Congestion Pricing Fails, Here’s the Next Way They’ll Rip Off Drivers

Jan

2022

Congestion Pricing

When Congestion Pricing Fails, Here’s the Next Way They’ll Rip Off Drivers

[C]ongestion pricing hasn't done the trick, according to London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Still more needs to be done when it comes to saving the planet from vehicle emissions.

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Hundreds Died in L.A. Traffic Crashes in 2021. Is Vision Zero a Failure?

Jan

2022

Vision Zero

Hundreds Died in L.A. Traffic Crashes in 2021. Is Vision Zero a Failure?

Vision Zero failing everywhere because Dogma never works.

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A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 3

Nov

2021

Traffic Calming

A Data-Driven Approach to Transportation Safety Part 3

Vision Zero is based on the simplistic idea that "People hit by fast cars are more likely to die than people hit by slow cars, so therefore slowing down traffic is the sole measure to be taken to improve safety."

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