Vision Zero

Vision Zero

Vision Zero is a strategy developed and implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, that has since been adopted by many countries around the world. This strategy aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries while focusing on building a safer environment that is accessible for everyone. At the core of Vision Zero, safety for all means safe people, streets, speeds, and vehicles. Listed below are Vision Zero plans, policies, and initiatives that have been developed throughout the state of California.

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Resource: The Role of Media and Road Safety

April 19, 2021
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 28,190 people died in motor vehicle crashes from January through September, 2020, an increase of 4.6 percent from the same period in 2019. In California, according to provisional SWITRS data for 2019, the number of pedestrians killed in 2019 was 1,030, an increase of 48 fatalities from 2017. The number of bicyclists killed in the same period decreased from 164 in 2017 to 157 fatalities in...

Explore the Active Transportation Safety Events Coming Up in April!

March 30, 2021
Submitted by Jarah Crowner

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please...

Creating safer streets for walking & biking: apply for a CPBST in your community!

February 11, 2021
Katherine Chen

Today we're excited to share a guest blog post by Katherine Chen, Senior Policy & Program Analyst at UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and the lead for the Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program. The CPBST program works with local neighborhood residents and health, transportation and safety advocates to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety through engaging local stakeholders, providing information and data, supporting community...

Explore the Active Transportation Safety Webinars & Events Coming Up in December

November 29, 2020
Mary Elghani

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up in December highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have a webinar you'd...

Upcoming Active Transportation Safety Events in November

November 9, 2020
Mary Elghani

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up in November highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please...

Explore new Stories from the Field with Walk San José & Safe Routes Partnership!

April 14, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON
New Safety Stories highlight how communities are prioritizing action transportation safety

Explore our new installments in the Stories From the Field Series to learn how people on the frontline are improving road safety for people who walk, bike and roll in their communities! In two new Safety Stories, SafeTREC communications manager Lisa Peterson talked with Michelle Lieberman of Safe Routes Partnership and Nikita Sinha of Walk San José. Click on the links below to learn what inspired their work in...

Upcoming Active Transportation Safety Webinars

March 12, 2020
SUBMITTED BY LISA PETERSON

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Explore our round-up of webinars coming up that highlight the latest road safety trends and promoting safer walking and biking! Have a webinar you'd like us to share? Please submit webinar details here.

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It's National Walking Day!

April 3, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

Everyone starts their trip as a pedestrian, whether by walking to their car, heading to a transit station, an e-bike corral, or pushing a stroller down the sidewalk. Some folks, either out of choice or pure necessity, complete entire trips by walking, while others might walk for exercise or to de-stress. The benefits of walking (or rolling) are manifold: reduced air pollution, decreased risk of chronic health conditions, stronger ties to the community, and boosts to the local economy. Simply put, when we plan and design healthy, safe, livable walking communities everybody benefits....

Upcoming Active Transportation Webinars in March

February 26, 2019
SUBMITTED BY ALI VON KLAN

Stay up to date with the latest road safety trends and best practices in active transportation with webinars happening in March 2019!

This month, learn about methods to improve the safety for people walking and rolling for transportation with webinars from the Federal Highway Safety Administration (FHWA), the U.S. Department of Transportation, America Walks, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals, and Portland State University’s Transportation Research and Education Center.

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