If at that topographic point is 1 metropolis inward the USA that actually needs a Vision Zero first it is Los Angeles. Over 2,800 people convey lost their lives on the streets of Los Angeles since 2003. Nearly one-half of the victims were pedestrians or cyclists.
Thankfully Vision Zero Los Angeles is hither in addition to it wants to eliminate all traffic deaths past times 2025, To kick-start the first the metropolis has released an interactive map of traffic fatalities. The map shows the place of all traffic fatalities inward Los Angeles from 2003 to 2016. The map too shows the place of planned security projects nether the Vision Zero scheme.
One argue for mapping traffic fatalities is to lay traffic dark spots. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has identified the Los Angeles streets alongside the highest concentration of fatal accidents, which they convey dubbed the High Injury Network (HIN). Despite contributing alone half dozen percentage to the city's route network the roads inward the HIN convey seen nearly two-thirds of all deaths in addition to severe injuries to pedestrians.
You tin persuasion the place of the streets inward the HIN on the High Injury Network Map. This interactive map identifies Los Angeles nigh unsafe roads. The map too shows the locations of schools which are on or close the HIN in addition to links to the city's Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan.
You tin persuasion other examples of Vision Zero initiatives at Vision Zero Boston, Vision Zero New York and Vision Zero San Francisco.
