Example of the critical thinking we need to place crash types and devices into the larger context of traffic safety. The biggest issues on our streets are the biggest things on our streets, period.

#RoadSafety #VisionZero #CrashNotAccident #SafetyOverSpeed #CarCulture #CarBloat #motornormativity

Speeding Up Strategies to Slow Speeds & Save Lives | Vision Zero Network Join Vision Zero Network Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Ivan Cheung, who led development of this pivotal 2017 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) speed management report, for a conversation ...

Still time to register for @visionzeronet.bsky.social 1/29 webinar "Speeding Up Strategies to Slow Speeds & Save Lives" for a conversation about how communities can speed up progress on managing speeds for safety: visionzeronetwork.org/upcoming-web... #SafetyOverSpeed #SafeSystem

"Bologna saw road accidents fall by 13% and fatalities decline by around 50% in the year after [implementing] a 30 kph speed limit" but "a regional court accepted an appeal by a single taxi driver who argued that lower speeds increased journey times and reduced his earnings" #SafetyOverSpeed

A group photo of ten participants on a walk audit during a Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program training.

Join our January 13th virtual Office Hours next week to learn more about our 2026 programs advancing safer walking, biking and rolling for all and how to apply: safetrec.berkeley.edu/news/join-ou... #Walk #Bike #CompleteStreets #SafetyAssessments #SafeSystem #SafetyOverSpeed

"The results found that while 58% supported a national 20mph speed limit, just 28% opposed... 13% had no particular views.

[Support is] 74% among households with children under 18 years"

"78% of respondents are concerned about vehicles driving too fast in their local area" #SafetyOverSpeed

4.7 billion hours is apparently ~536,530 years lost to congestion

According to NHTSA data, in 2022 motor vehicle crashes led to 1,522,463 years of lost life for all ages

3x the lost time due to lives cut short than to people sitting in traffic

This is why we need to prioritize #SafetyOverSpeed

Everyone deserves to move safely – walking, biking, rolling or driving. For 10 years, Vision Zero Network has helped communities redesign streets for #SafetyOverSpeed.

This #GivingTuesday, support work that saves lives.
Contribute today: visionzeronetwork.org/donate/

Thank you to all who joined today in Toronto to remember those lives lost and broken. We can prevent these tragedies: wdor-usa.org #WDoR2025 #SafetyOverSpeed

Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.

Good God. Someone stop them. NOW. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10...

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #transportation #CarCulture #CrashNotAccident #KillerTeslas

"A two-way protected bike lane and other calming measures on Van Buren Street cut speeding from 20% to 3%."

“'Van Buren is a great example of how a street designed for walking and biking is safer for everyone,' said [City Engineer Kevin] Muhs"

Safer Streets benefit everyone #SafetyOverSpeed

So frustrating

That looks like an attempt at good design, but the traffic engineers just didn't actually prioritize #SafetyOverSpeed and reduce the turn radii or turning priority for drivers

So, instead of a great bike facility to celebrate they'll be wondering why people don't like it

Could lowering speed limits make St. Louis streets safer? Data says yes 2024 was the deadliest year on record for pedestrians. Trailnet is calling on St. Louis leaders to reduce speed limits to save more lives.

It was great to talk to this reporter about the importance of reducing speed limits

In some states, home rule allows cities to lower speed limits even when it's not specified in state law and that's my understanding in St. Louis #SafetyOverSpeed www.ksdk.com/article/traf...

Hearing that a bunch of USDOT grants are being canceled because safety is not an agency priority

While ~30% of traffic deaths involve speeding and speed limits in the US are routinely higher than recommended for safety, efforts to improve safety don't align with agency priorities #SafetyOverSpeed

Watsonville’s walking and biking deaths far outpace the county average. Here’s why. - Santa Cruz Local People walking and biking on Watsonville streets die at a rate 70% higher than the county average, according to a Santa Cruz Local analysis.

Poor choices by drivers, cyclists or pedestrians are “the last event in the chain of events,” said SafeTREC Director Julia Griswold, “You’re blaming the human, but the human was put in this situation where that was going to happen.” santacruzlocal.org/2025/08/16/w... #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed

You have until Friday 7/18 to comment on the draft WA Transpo Plan for the WA State Transportation Commission wstc.wa.gov/wtp/washingt.... #RoadSafety #transportation #SafetyOverSpeed #infrastructure #walkability #UrbanPlanning

Safe System Approach for youth, newer ideas: Updated school zone standards, identify primary walk networks to reach school zones, slow zones around school access points.
#WTSS2025 #RoadSafety #SafeRoutesNow #SafetyOverSpeed

Making Trips to School Safer Across the City: A New Daylighting Program

Article on San Francisco initiative to daylight school crosswalks www.sfmta.com/blog/making-...
#WTSS2025 #RoadSafety #SafeRoutesNow #SafetyOverSpeed #infrastructure #VisionZero

Systemic safety improvements: Daylighting school crosswalks in San Francisco; improvements around all schools in Seattle, WA and Fremont, CA.
#WTSS2025 #RoadSafety #SafeRoutesNow #SafetyOverSpeed

WSDOT Complete Streets work: Dropping off flyers in Chewelah, didn't think Napa Auto Parts store would be that interested in active transpo needs. Turns out they walk/bike to deliver orders in town so yes, they care. Never assume! #WTSS2025 #RoadSafety #VisionZero #SafetyOverSpeed

#WTSS2025 WA Traffic Safety Summit in Spokane July 15-17. Happy to be back in a city I lived in for a long time with a lot of people dedicated to reducing traffic violence and saving lives. #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero #ZeroTrafficDeaths

Were You Wearing A Helmet? In July of 2021, I was thrown over the handlebars of my bike when a car cut me off. One of the first and most often questions I was asked after my crash was, were you wearing a helmet? The short answe...

"If you really care about my safety, there are a million good questions to ask after a crash. Just don’t ask if I was wearing my helmet." -- The Biking Firefighter, Stephen Dunn thebikingfireman.com/blog/f/were-...

#RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #SafetyByDesign #transportation #cycling #VisionZero

Incredibly detailed piece by Mark Ostrow in @theurbanist.org on WA's new Shared Streets Law. Designing for speed management *critical*. A resource: #WSDOTActive design guide wsdot.wa.gov/engineering-.... #SafetyOverSpeed #transportation #RoadSafety #walkability #PedestrianDignity #BikeEverywhere

I serve on the TIB board, which takes me around the state for board meetings w/presentations from mayors, public works directors, engineers. EVERY project they describe the need to bring driver speeds down, add sidewalks/bike lanes. People want this! #SafetyOverSpeed #transportation #infrastructure

Kevin Krizek/Tila Duhaime presented at April mtg of WA state Cooper Jones Active Transportation Safety Council I serve on. Great, substantive discussion. Anyone trying this? After all, we slow drivers for work zones in the name of safety.

#WSDOTActive #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed #VisionZero

A road change over time that made it a more complete street and helped emergency response; thread from @streetfilms.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/stre.... Share other examples if you have them!
#CompleteStreets #EmergencyResponse #transportation #infrastructure #RoadSafety #SafetyOverSpeed

These Charts Explain Why Public Transit Is Safer Than Driving The rates of fatal crashes and crime are both lower on public transportation than on roadways

"Driving can be made safer, too, and one of the best ways to do that in cities is by reducing vehicle speeds." - Tanya Lewis @sciam.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-p...
#SafetyOverSpeed #CarCulture #RoadSafety #transit #transportation #VisionZero #CompleteStreets #infrastructure

Complete Streets & Emergency Response: Friends, Not Foes. That & other great topics on agenda for WA Traffic Safety Summit, Spokane July 15-17. A bunch of the #WSDOTActive team will be there. Will you? go.wsuprofed.com/website/8038... #RoadSafety #CompleteStreets #SafetyOverSpeed

Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders Removing lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.

Kudos @kansascitycurrent.bsky.social & thousands of U.S. communities using proven safety measures, such as re-designing roads or road diets, to increase safety, improve smooth travel flow & prioritize #SafetyOverSpeed. We're honored to be quoted in this @apnews.com piece:
apnews.com/article/road...

We have tools to #StopSuperSpeeders! We commend states passing lifesaving Intelligent Speed Assistance legislation, a step to prioritize #SafetyOverSpeed. Will you support this effort? Call for change, sign the petition from
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