Tag: vision zero

February 12, 2015

Seattle will announce Vision Zero campaign to end traffic violence – UPDATED

Seattle leaders will announce Vision Zero today in Lake City, calling for an end to traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Mayor Ed Murray, Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, and folks from SDOT and SPD will be at Lake City Library at 3:15 Thursday afternoon to make the announcement. Technically, this is the second time city…
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tagged: ed murray, tom rasmussen, vision zero
August 11, 2014

Lucia: Seattle one of the safest cities to walk, but that’s not good enough

Seattle is one of the safest big cities in North America for people walking, but tell that to the 415 people hit by cars and trucks in 2013. For every 100,000 Seattle residents, 1.15 people will be killed in traffic while walking. 60 people were very seriously injured in 2013, and many more still have…
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tagged: bill lucia, crosscut, memorial walks, rebecca scollard, seattle neighborhood greenways, vision zero
March 28, 2014

Neighbors, city and state launch traffic safety project on Lake City Way

The State of Washington, the City of Seattle and Lake City neighbors will launch a coordinated traffic safety project on Lake City Way this afternoon. Two community walks will start at 3:30 p.m. and converge at the Chase Plaza at NE 125th Street for a 4 p.m. launch event. See image above for map and…
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tagged: janine blaeloch, lake city, lake city greenways, sdot, vision zero, wsdot
March 26, 2014

On year anniversary of devastating DUI, community rallies in call for ‘vision zero’

Dan Schulte told a crowd of residents gathered in memory of his parents and in a call for safer streets that being a public figure feels “strange” to him. In fact, he wasn’t even sure he wanted to be at the planned memorial walk and rally. “But when I think of my parents, I could…
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tagged: dan schulte, darrin grondel, david frockt, judy and dennis schulte, mothers against drunk driving, vision zero
October 19, 2010

The ‘Vision Zero’ philosophy of traffic engineering puts safety above all else

Bike Portland published an interesting Q&A with Peter Jacobsen, a public health researcher who pushes a philosophy of traffic engineering that focuses on reducing traffic deaths first. This concept, “Vision Zero,” should not be a revolutionary idea, but it is in our culture. Basically, he looks at the rampant death on American roadways and asks…
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tagged: peter jacobsen, safety, safety in numbers, vision zero