Category: Blog
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Grab a Brick!
We appreciated the positive, widespread response to the pedestrian brick campaign! The campaign resulted from a combination of two sources of inspiration: a) The ‘Brick in the Rain social experiment‘ by the Treeman Youtube channel in Hong Kong, who filmed a subject getting splashed at street corners by drivers passing through puddles. They then wanted…
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Vision Zero Vancouver: 2023 Vancouver Council in Review
The first full year of Vancouver’s new council is in the books and we take a look back on all the transportation safety-related motions that came to council in 2023. We’ve given each vote a “Vision Zero Impact” score and given points to councilors based on their decisions. These scores are simply based on votes.…
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Anti-Bike City
One Quick Update; Two Preventable Crashes; Three Things You Can Do One Quick Update Hasting Street continues to be the epicentre of driver violence in our city. On March 27, three people were sent to the hospital after being hit by an Uber driver. Police said speed wasn’t a factor, but look at that windshield.…
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60 in a 30 Zone?
IN THE NEWS CityNews: “Group calls on changes to Hastings Street, dubbed Vancouver’s ‘most dangerous area for pedestrians’” Reporter Angela Bower spoke with Vision Zero’s Mihai & Michelle about dangerous speeding in the Downtown Eastside. What’s going on? What can be done? Street design! As Mihai told City News, “6 wide lanes make it look…
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