Trailnet: The Time for Vision Zero STL has Arrived

Headlines are quick hits from media outlets from Missouri and around the world. Follow the headline link for the full story. The source of this headline says:

A movement to end traffic deaths and disabling injuries known as Vision Zero, which began as an Act of Parliament in Sweden in 1997, is gaining traction in the U.S. where traffic fatalities are twice that of EU countries and almost twice that of Canada.

Vision Zero is a philosophy, a policy, and a paradigm shift. It holds that “all traffic deaths and serious injuries are unacceptable and preventable.”

The U.S. Conference of Mayors endorsed Vision Zero this year, and ten cities including New York, San Antonio, Los Angeles and Seattle are developing or implementing Vision Zero plans.

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Trailnet: The Time for Vision Zero STL has Arrived

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Like Trailnet, MoBikeFed has put Vision Zero on our priority list. How can we reduce and even eliminate traffic-related injuries and fatalities--which disproportionately affect people who walk and bicycle?

Vision Zero has many of those answers. In place where it has been thoroughly implemented, traffic-related injuries and deaths have dropped dramatically