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The contrast with failed #VisionZero plans like #Portland's seems pretty basic: "They said: 'You as provider of the road transport system are no longer allowed to kill people on that mass level that you've done'

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240517-vision-zero-how-europe-cut-the-number-of-people-dying-on-its-roads

More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent them

Almost 30 years ago, a revolutionary idea changed the way Europe regarded road collisions. It has probably saved countless lives but it's yet to be fully accepted by politicians.

^{William Kremer (BBC)}

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#VisionZero has worked when the adopted plan actually mandated changes to infrastructure instead of wishes for "safety funding". Here, we let people keep driving after they participate in the city/state killing someone with their car, because "we all need to drive." If we're going to hold drivers accountable, we need to make it easy & convenient to get to and from the bar without driving, make infrastructure where bad driving will break the vehicle, require drivers actually learn how to drive.

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For me, the most important factor is a built environment that consciously and conscientiously pursues and prioritizes comfort and convenience for disability access, pedestrian users, and human-powered vehicles.

The most prominent and efficient way we can promote that is incentivizing the redevelopment and revitalization of our existing population centers for greater density.

Putting people close enough to where they earn, spend, learn, and play is the number one key factor.