Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Vision Zero

A pair of shoes to memorialize a child lost to traffic violence. Photo: North Carolina DOT, CC

On This World Day of Remembrance, Get Angry — And Take Action

By Leah Shahum | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

This Sunday, November 20th is the annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, which will see a record number of U.S. communities come together to demand change to stem the mounting roadway safety crisis. Here are four ways we can take action, even after the vigils end.

Why There Are So Few Monuments to Traffic Violence Victims — And Why It Matters

By Kea Wilson | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

People who die in car crashes largely go unmemorialized in the public realm. Here's why that's bad.

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A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

It's a different memorial to a different holocaust.

What It’s Really Like to Lose Someone to Traffic Violence

By Streetsblog | Nov 1, 2022 | No Comments

More than 100,000 Americans lose a loved one in a car crash every single year. So why don't more of us talk about it — and why don't more of us take action to prevent other families from enduring those tragedies, too?

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Vision Zero Cities: Why Everyone Hates Cyclists: Realistic Group Conflict Theory and the Plight of Cyclists

By Nadia Williams | Oct 21, 2022 | No Comments

There is a word that often has the same effect in comment threads on social media as a bucket of chum in a shark tank: cyclist. Why?

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Vision Zero Cities: How to Fix Our Most Dangerous Roads

By Sindhu Bharadwaj | Oct 18, 2022 | No Comments

In urban areas, arterials make up just 15 percent of all roads but are where a whopping 67 percent of pedestrian deaths occur.

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