Zero Deaths – Saving Lives through a Safety Culture and a Safe System

Resources

Reports

• State and Local Alignment Toward Zero Traffic Deaths: To promote effective partnerships as a way to advance zero deaths efforts, the FHWA sponsored several State-based workshops where stakeholders discussed their safety priorities and strategies to achieve their shared goal of zero traffic deaths.
  • Texas Report
  • Florida Report
  • Colorado Report
• Vision Zero City Overviews
  • New York City, NY
  • Portland, OR
  • San Francisco, CA
• NCHRP Projects
  • NCHRP 20-68A (Scan 12-03) Advances in Safety Program Practices in Zero-Fatalities States
  • NCHRP 20-68A (Scan 14-03) Successful Approaches for the Development of an Organization-Wide Safety Culture in Transportation Agencies

Success Stories

Stories highlighting notable practices transportation agencies have implemented to reach their zero deaths goals.

• Safest Driver Contest – Boston, Massachusetts (behavioral)
• Media Campaign – Boulder, Colorado (communications and outreach)
• Walking Audits – Broward County, Florida (planning, partnerships, and public engagement)
• Traffic Safety Camera Program – Portland, Oregon (behavioral)
• Speed Management Projects – West Palm Beach, Florida (infrastructure)
• Milwaukee Avenue Rapid Delivery Approach – Chicago, IL (planning, implementation, and evaluation)
• Improved Nighttime Lighting – Fremont, CA (infrastructure)
• Fletcher Avenue Complete Streets Redesign – Hillsborough, FL (infrastructure)
• Equity in Vision Zero – Oregon Metro, OR (partnerships)

Other Materials and Efforts

• Safe System flyer The Safe System Approach
• Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian poster STEP Countermeasures to Advance Vision Zero
• Guide provides references to key information for Metropolitan Planning Organizations and local communities to understand and use the safety planning process to work toward the zero deaths vision Transportation Safety Planning and the Zero Deaths Vision: A Guide for Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Local Communities
• Essential tools for Toward Zero Deaths, including Road Map for Implementation and Assessment Tools for stakeholder involvement and partner development Toward Zero Deaths Toolkit
• Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund Program led by the Montana DOT Pooled Fund Study TPF – 5 (309)