Category: Blog

  • Patrick Johnstone is a Road Safety Champion

    Patrick Johnstone is a Road Safety Champion

    We don’t endorse candidates lightly, but Johnstone has proven that he not only talks the talk but walks the walk. His commitments to road safety have made a real difference.

  • Donate your bottle refunds for road safety!

    Donate your bottle refunds for road safety!

    Did you know, the good people at Return-It have a system where you can donate your bottle returns to a charity or non-profit of your choice? This is a great way to give back to the community and to support the causes you love! We have a non-profit account with them, and you can set…

  • Vancouver City Council Full Term Report Card

    Vancouver City Council Full Term Report Card

    Vancouver heads to the polls in October to vote for its Mayor and Council, so we’re looking back on how all the incumbents voted on road safety measures over the full 4 year term.

  • Vision Zero Vancouver: 2026 Vancouver Council in Review

    Vision Zero Vancouver: 2026 Vancouver Council in Review

    The year’s not over but Council is done for the term, so our 2026 report card comes early. We’ll have a full-term report card coming out soon, stay tuned for that! See our 2025, 2024 and 2023 scores here. As always, we look for every road safety motion that came to council, give it an “impact” multiplier, and award…

  • No public safety without road safety

    No public safety without road safety

    In October of 2022, something unprecedented happened in Vancouver politics: the Vancouver Police Union, representing what is meant to be a non-partisan civil service group, endorsed Ken Sim and his ABC party in the municipal election.  In the months leading up to the election, the VPD went on a media blitz to create a panic…

  • ABC’s latest bike lane boondoggle

    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.”

  • Road violence is not normal

    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…

  • Why lower speed limits matter

    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?

  • On Cars and Cartels

    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.

  • Broadway Detour Update

    Broadway Detour Update

    We met with city staff to discuss our ongoing concerns about the Broadway detour. Here’s what we learned: