Category: Advocacy
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Vancouver Follows Victoria by Calling for More Intersection Safety Cameras but ABC Still Not Serious About Safety
Today the City of Vancouver followed the lead of the City of Victoria by calling on the Province to expand its successful Intersection Safety Camera program, by passing the motion “Creating Safer Streets for People of All Ages with Intersection Safety Cameras.” Vision Zero Vancouver applauds the move and calls on the Province to swiftly…
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Cornwall Ave. speed limit reduced after driver crashed into girl
Twenty-seven people per year are killed or injured in car crashes on Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver, including last summer’s horrific crash that critically injured a five-year-old girl. Vision Zero Vancouver helped draft a city council motion introduced by Councilor Boyle to reduce the speed limit along this street to 30km/h. Although council adopted the motion, the new speed…
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Media Style Guide published!
We published a guide for journalists covering traffic crashes. The aim is to move news stories from ones that passively accept the human costs of automobility to ones that encourage accountability over the systemic causes of traffic violence. Media Style Guide
