Re:The Stroad
by this15testing on Monday November 22, 2021 @03:44AM
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I don't think any American city or police department knows what vision zero is. They frequently include the words "vision zero" in their plans or posts, but then car crash deaths continue as normal or even increase.
Using Los Angeles as an example:
https://ladotlivablestreets.org/programs/vision-zero
https://laist.com/news/transportation/2020-traffic-deaths-lo... for the graphic "Traffic violence in Los Angeles" showing the increase since Vision Zero was adopted.
Then you have enforcement issues like jaywalking laws, the wording and culture around collisions and referring to them as "accidents", etc.
The entire country was REbuilt (US cities were not always like this) around the car. Until that changes, no city will reach Vision Zero.
Same in NYC. There was some progress for a few years, but then traffic deaths rebounded. The pandemic gets some blame, though it’s a poor excuse for weak leadership and the trend started before that. “Vision Zero” has become the “thoughts and prayers” of traffic deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/nyregion/traffic-deaths-n...
> Vision Zero is based on an underlying ethical principle that "it can never be ethically acceptable that people are killed or seriously injured when moving within the road transport system." In most road transport systems, road users bear complete responsibility for safety. Vision Zero changes this relationship by emphasizing that responsibility is shared by transportation system designers and road users.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Zero