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Growing up and growing old in a city designed for drivers
Vision Zero starts with supporting people most excluded by car dependence - children and seniors
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What does success look like with a Vision Zero approach?
A member of our Vision Zero community posed a great question recently: "what other cities of comparable size have a zero-death record?" This got us thinking - what does success actually look like with Vision Zero and what can we learn from other cities that have achieved it?
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Three areas where HRM's Road Safety Strategy falls short of Vision Zero best practice
If every traffic death is preventable, why are proven safety measures being implemented so slowly in the HRM? Three examples illustrate the gap between HRM’s Vision Zero aspirations and the reality on our streets.
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Vision Zero without a goal is not Vision Zero
‘Business as usual is a business of death’ was the grim but accurate assessment of global road deaths by the UN’s Special Envoy for Road Safety, Jean Todt, at the first General Assembly meeting on road safety, where members voted to halve road deaths by 2030.
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Challenging the assumption that road deaths are the price of mobility
Words matter. The language we use to describe traffic crashes shapes how the public understands road safety, who is held accountable, and what solutions are considered possible.
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The price tags we notice and those we ignore
Two multi-vehicle crashes on Highway 102 show why the high cost of collisions must be considered when governments decide that road safety investments are too expensive.