New Making L.A. Safer For Pedestrians


If in that place is 1 metropolis inward the USA that actually needs a Vision Zero first it is Los Angeles. Over 2,800 people accept 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 together with 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 pose traffic dark spots. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation has identified the Los Angeles streets amongst the highest concentration of fatal accidents, which they accept dubbed the High Injury Network (HIN). Despite contributing solely vi per centum to the city's route network the roads inward the HIN accept seen nearly two-thirds of all deaths together with severe injuries to pedestrians.

You tin thought the place of the streets inward the HIN on the High Injury Network Map. This interactive map identifies Los Angeles almost unsafe roads. The map too shows the locations of schools which are on or close the HIN together with links to the city's Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan.

You tin thought other examples of Vision Zero initiatives at Vision Zero Boston, Vision Zero New York and Vision Zero San Francisco.
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