Vision Zero
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City of Springfield Wins $15 Million to Improve Street Safety Citywide
"Safe Streets and Roads for All unlocks federal dollars to fund some of the most effective safety interventions on streets – small-scale investments deployed at scale – that were previously inaccessible to communities without strong local funding sources."
February 1, 2023
NTSB Chair on Vision Zero and the Safety Problems of Heavy EVs
"We have to be careful that we aren’t also creating unintended consequences: more death on our roads."
January 17, 2023
2022 Was Another Record-Breaking Year For Bloodshed on Massachusetts Roadways
In addition to hundreds of crashes that ended peoples' lives, MassDOT's crash database also records 2,361 crashes that caused serious injuries, plus 16,307 crashes that caused less serious injuries to their victims, during 2022.
January 3, 2023
New Road Safety Law Stalled (Again) in the State House
A roadway safety bill with near-unanimous support from lawmakers is at risk of dying in the New Year because House and Senate leaders have not allowed a final vote on the bill.
December 26, 2022
Essay: Sarah Langenkamp Loved Biking. She Shouldn’t Have Died Because of It.
"We can certainly turn around our deadly trends. Sarah, other victims, and so many families mourning this holiday season deserve at least as much."
December 1, 2022
More than 500 People Will Die on Roads This Thanksgiving (But They Don’t Have To)
An estimated 518 people will die in car crashes on U.S. roads this Thanksgiving, a leading safety organization says — but little is being done to address the root causes of traffic violence that experts say would save lives.
November 23, 2022
On This World Day of Remembrance, Get Angry — And Take Action
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.
November 18, 2022
Why There Are So Few Monuments to Traffic Violence Victims — And Why It Matters
People who die in car crashes largely go unmemorialized in the public realm. Here's why that's bad.
November 18, 2022
A Grove Grows In Brooklyn: Finally, New York Has a Memorial to Road Violence Victims
It's a different memorial to a different holocaust.
November 18, 2022
What It’s Really Like to Lose Someone to Traffic Violence
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?
November 1, 2022
