In this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck takes a look at a recent fatal car crash that took place in Ontario, and the response from local law enforcement on Twitter/X.

Marohn, Podcast, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 12, 2024podcast, vision zero, safe and productive streets, car crash, canada

Why Traffic Enforcement Isn’t Enough To Save Lives

In many cities, officials primarily rely on traffic enforcement to prevent car crashes and fatalities. This is unsustainable and ineffective. If city officials want to make Vision Zero a reality, instead of a slogan, they must address the systemic issues that put everyone at risk.

Here Is What Vision Zero Should Really Look Like

Vison Zero is supposed to represent a commitment to achieving zero traffic deaths, but it often devolves into empty platitudes — even when public officials genuinely support it. That’s because they’re looking for solutions in the wrong place. Instead of blaming individual drivers, officials need to look at the root cause of most traffic deaths: the contradictory design of city streets.

"What’s the Most Exciting City for Cycling Nerds? New York? Minneapolis? How About Edmonton?"

In 2015, Edmonton, a city of 1 million situated in the Canadian Prairies of Alberta, was the first city in the country to adopt Vision Zero—and they’ve taken that adoption seriously.

The People of Los Angeles Just Said "Yes" to Safer Streets

In what’s anticipated to be a landslide, the people of Los Angeles just voted in favor of walking, biking, and transit.

Is Tracking Traffic Deaths a Priority in Your City?

If cities cared about traffic deaths, we would witness them taking an urgent response to crashes, and we would see city halls tracking traffic deaths in real time, because a new fatal crash would mobilize people.

Top StoryAsia MieleszkoFebruary 16, 2024car crash, safe and productive streets, vision zero, traffic engineering, maps

This Stroad’s Past Shouldn’t Seal Its Future

Why does a deadly stroad like this even exist in a city trying to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2030?

Top StoryAsia MieleszkoJanuary 9, 2024colorado, safe and productive streets, car crash, vision zero, stroad

How To Get Your Fire Department on Board With Narrowing Streets

Traffic-calming measures can often raise concerns for emergency responders. Here’s how Jersey City—the city that’s famously achieved zero traffic deaths—cooperated with its emergency responders to make streets safer for everyone.

Madison, WI, Is Lowering Traffic Deaths—But There’s Still Work To Do

Political and engineering leaders in Madison, WI, are working to make their city streets safer by developing a culture of safety with the efforts of their Vision Zero initiative.

Transportation Engineers Are Legally Obligated to Protect the Public. It's Time to Demand They Do So.

Transportation engineering profession is at a crossroads. The industry has not honored its ethical obligations. That must change.

Top StorySteffen BerrFebruary 18, 2021Street Design, traffic engineering, engineering ethics, engineers, vision zero

Now Is the Time to End Traffic Fatalities. Here's a Simple Plan to Do It.

We’ve engineered our streets for high performance when we should be engineering them for safety. Now’s the time to unwind the mess. Here’s how to do it.

Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 24, 2020vision zero, traffic engineering, pedestrians, safe and productive streets

Why Do Americans View Zero Road Deaths as an Impossible Goal?

Vision Zero is a simple engineering problem, but a wickedly complex social and institutional problem—at least in America’s car-dependent cities. Success in Norway shows us what the way forward looks like.