Category: Blog
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ABC’s latest bike lane boondoggle
Or: why spend $10 million building 8km of protected bike lanes on a high street when you can spend $20 million replacing a couple blocks of an existing bike lane that you once called “perfect.”
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Road violence is not normal
On June 29, a cyclist struck two pedestrians in downtown Vancouver, sending one to hospital in critical condition. (Tragically, a week later the man passed away). As a road safety advocacy group, we’re mourning this tragic loss of life and thinking about his wife, his family, and his friends who lost a loved one. The…
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Why lower speed limits matter
When we talk about lowering speed limits, we often hear a very valid criticism: Why does it matter if no one obeys the speed limit anyway?
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On Cars and Cartels
Over the next two months, Vancouver will welcome 350,000 visitors for the 2026 World Cup, so it’s an ideal time to reflect on what makes a city safe for tourists.
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Broadway Detour Update
We met with city staff to discuss our ongoing concerns about the Broadway detour. Here’s what we learned:
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A road safety advocate goes to the Auto Show
I planned for it to be one part infiltrating enemy territory, one part bridge building. I was hoping to ask some tough questions and lightly make fun of the whole event, but I was also genuinely curious to talk to car enthusiasts about road safety.
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Vision Zero Vancouver re-branding to Vision 294 Vancouver. (April Fools!)
2026-04-01 Today we announce that henceforth, Vision Zero Vancouver will be re-branded as Vision Two-Hundred-Ninety-Four Vancouver. While for years our mission has been to reduce the number of people killed on our roads to zero, we’ve come to realize this is simply too hard. It was a noble (if naive) endeavour that many municipalities in…
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Vision Zero Vancouver advocate hit and injured by driver while returning from road safety meeting
Longtime road safety advocate and Vision Zero Vancouver volunteer Rhiannon Fox was hit and injured by the driver of a Kia Sorento on Friday afternoon. Fox was returning from a City of Vancouver Vision Zero strategy workshop at City Hall, where she was giving feedback on long-term road safety strategy and goals. The crash happened around…
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Vision Zero Vancouver: 2025 Vancouver Council in Review
With year 3 of this council’s term complete, it’s time for our annual report card! See our 2024 and 2023 scores here. As always, we look for every road safety motion that came to council, give it an “impact score” multiplier, and award points based on how each person voted. Rhetoric and intent don’t matter,…
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We Hired Our First Staff Person! And a Look Back at 2025
An exciting announcement from Vision Zero Vancouver to start 2026: we’ve hired our first full time staff person! For those who have interacted with us before, you’ll be very familiar with Margie Sanderson.
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