Vision Zero
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Department of Concealed Records: Why Is DCR Hiding Its ‘Parkways Study’?
In 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation initiated a $500,000 study to improve safety on its park roadways. But the study was never published, and six years later, the agency is stonewalling efforts to find out what happened.
May 13, 2021
Bucking National Trends, City of Boston Marks Progress on ‘Vision Zero’
"In order to truly achieve Vision Zero, there need to be fewer single-occupancy vehicles on the road," concludes a new progress report from the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition.
May 10, 2021
A Walk Audit of Worcester
Highway construction devastated West Boylston Street, which remains extremely hostile to foot traffic to this day. What would it take to make it a healthy neighborhood main street again?
May 5, 2021
SUV and Pickup Purchases Soar — But Who’s Buying?
Americans set a new record last month for SUV and pickup truck sales. Who's buying all these giant cars?
April 21, 2021
D.C. Cyclist Jim Pagels Killed by Driver Hours After Tweeting About Unsafe Roads
April 13, 2021
Protecting Non-Motorists Makes NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’ For the First Time
For the first time in its 54 year history, the transportation sector's most influential investigative agency wants America to focus on protecting vulnerable road users. What took so long?
April 7, 2021
Advocates to Feds: We Need a New Traffic-Control Manual
March 24, 2021
Nationwide Pedestrian Fatality Rate Up By Double Digits During Pandemic
Thanks to a well-documented increase in reckless driving on less-congested roadways during the pandemic, the pedestrian fatality rate rose 22 percent in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association.
March 23, 2021
Bike Light Legislation Renews Debate Over Policing’s Role In Traffic Safety
"There are concerns we have that this would be enforced through police interactions, and we know those to be inherently inequitable, and that they lead to more drastic incidents for people of color."
March 19, 2021
Town of Arlington Considers Quick-Build Improvements to Deadly Mass. Ave. Intersection
After last summer's fatal crash, the town's Select Board convened a new design review committee “to study and make recommendations for both short term and long term improvements to the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Appleton Street.”
March 17, 2021
