Tag: news

  • Vision Zero Vancouver applauds council for bold action on traffic safety

    Vision Zero Vancouver applauds council for bold action on traffic safety

    July 9, 2025 – Vision Zero Vancouver is celebrating a major win for public safety after Vancouver City Council voted today to develop a comprehensive Vision Zero Road Safety Policy and Action Plan aimed at eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries citywide. “This could be a real turning point,” said Rhiannon Fox, a spokesperson for…

  • Vision Zero Vancouver: 2024 Vancouver Council in Review

    Vision Zero Vancouver: 2024 Vancouver Council in Review

    It’s been 2 years since the current Vancouver City Council was elected so we’re going to see how their 2024 went! (See our Year 1 report card and our scoring criteria here.)  In 2023, there were 2 motions we were especially excited about – Broadway active transport lanes and intersection safety cameras – and both…

  • 2024 Provincial Election Platform Report Card

    2024 Provincial Election Platform Report Card

    Rules: Vision Zero Vancouver will rank the platform of each major political party and give them a letter grade ranging from A+ to F. Ranking will be conducted once all three ranked parties release public platforms (or sooner if not all parties release platforms with sufficient time for us to evaluate them). Ranked Parties: Conservative PartyBC…

  • Grab a Brick!

    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…