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.

Safe & Productive Streets, News, Top StorySeairra SheppardMarch 22, 2023Wisconsin, Safe and Productive Streets, biking, bikeability, bike lanes, car crash, vision zero, Safety, safety, transportation

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.

Engineering Profession, Top StorySteffen BerrFebruary 18, 2021Street Design, traffic engineering, engineering profession, engineering ethics, engineers, American Society of Civil 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.

#SlowtheCars, Roads and Streets, Top StoryCharles MarohnAugust 24, 2020pedestrian safety, vision zero, #SlowTheCars, traffic engineering

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.