Vision Zero
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Victory For Vision Zero, Sidewalks, Bikes at Today’s Transportation Committee
The L.A. City Transportation Committee approved a plan to dedicate nearly all Measure M local return funding - $66M annually - to Vision Zero, including funds for sidewalks and bike facilities.
March 29, 2017
Vision Zero Program Struggles To Change L.A. City Priorities
It was never going to be easy to shift Los Angeles decision-makers' attitudes to care more about keeping people alive than about moving cars. Nonetheless, L.A.'s mayor and city council have approved the city's Vision Zero policy, and directed city departments to work together to, over time, reduce L.A. traffic fatalities to zero.
February 8, 2017
L.A. Awards Great Streets And Vision Zero Grants
Mayor Garcetti announced seven new Great Streets grants winners, plus LADOT recently announced nine Vision Zero grants.
February 6, 2017
LADOT Releases Vision Zero Action Plan
This morning, the City of Los Angeles' Department of Transportation released its Vision Zero Action Plan.
January 26, 2017
Vision Zero: LADOT, Focus Group Have Same Goals, Different Ideas About How to Reach Them
"Remember, the end goal is to get to 20% reduction [in traffic-related deaths] by next year, and then zero by 2025," said MIG Consultant Esmeralda Garcia of the city's effort to put together an action plan to implement Vision Zero.
August 2, 2016
Cartoon Tuesday – Vision Zero Comics, No. 2 “Speed Demon”
This isn't the most insightful thing I've drawn, but here's the second installment of Vision Zero Comics. SBLA readers may recall that I drew the initial installment of Vision Zero Comics back in 2015. This June 2016 installment basically parrots a chart (below) from the city of Los Angeles' excellent Vision Zero booklet [PDF]. My only addition was to try to convey speed through my messy and messier lines.
August 2, 2016
LADOT Quietly Hosting Vision Zero Community Engagement Meetings
Streetsblog L.A. attended the city of L.A. Transportation Department (LADOT) Vision Zero meeting last night in Hollywood.
July 26, 2016
Cartoon Tuesday: Joe’s Parking and Vision Zero Comics
It's a bit of shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to share of pair of comics pages that I drew. These comment on issues that many Streetsblog L.A. readers care about: parking and Vision Zero. I think that parking, of all the issues that dramatically affect cities, is highly misunderstood, and I wanted to see if I could use a fun visual medium to begin to scratch the surface of the insights I've learned from parking expert Donald Shoup.
February 16, 2016
City Hall Vision Zero Forum Foreshadows Culture Change for L.A.
Last night, the city of Los Angeles welcomed national safe streets advocate Leah Shahum at a forum discussing what Vision Zero will mean for Los Angeles.
September 25, 2015
South L.A. Cyclists Call for Price, Garcetti to Implement Central Ave. Bike Lane
"What do we want? Safe streets! When do we want them? NOW!"
September 24, 2015