Missouri Vision Zero page updated with sample policies, plans, and legislation from Columbia and Kansas City
What is Vision Zero?
Vision Zero is an international, proven-effective approach to completely eliminate traffic fatalities.
Yes--not just reduce, not just cut by 10%. Vision Zero is a strategy to actually eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.
Vision Zero is a systems-focused, public health-oriented, data-driven approach. Vision Zero benefits ALL road users, including those who drive, walk, bicycle, transport goods, and use public transportation.
Vision Zero takes the approach that traffic fatalities and serious injuries are preventable, and thus ethically unacceptable.
The United State experiences tens of thousands of traffic fatalities annually, and millions of traffic injuries. These fatalities and injuries damage lives, families, our loved ones and are friends. This toll is simply unacceptable--if there is an alternative.
And there is: Experience in cities and countries across the world has shown that the Vision Zero approach can dramatically reduce traffic fatalities and injuries--to just a fraction of those we currently experience in the U.S. and in Missouri.
In Missouri cities and metropolitan areas, several organizations are working hard to implement Vision Zero. These organizations include BikeWalkKC, PedNet in Columbia, and Trailnet in St. Louis.
Thanks and kudos to those organizations for leading the charge and making some really positive progress in Missouri.
What new policies and information have we added to the Missouri Vision Zero page?
We have updated the Sample Policies and Documents section of the page to include these policies:
- Columbia, MO Mayor's Commission Report Recommending Adoption of Vision Zero
- Columbia, MO Vision Zero City Council Resolution (2016)
- Columbia Vision Zero Action Plan (2017) ***
- Columbia Vision Zero web page ***
- Kansas City MO Vision Zero Resolution (draft, 2020) ***
- The Vision Zero Network Resources Page has VZ Case Studies and sample resolutions and directives from several cities
Resources marked with *** are newly added.
Supporting programs like Vision Zero helps us reach one of the primary goals in MoBikeFed's Vision for Bicycling and Walking in Missouri--improving safety for all road users.
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