vision zero

Take Arlington’s 10-question VZ safety survey and use the interactive map to flag areas of concern, through 4/30.

Learn about Rockville’s project to develop guidelines for pedestrian crosswalks and other pedestrian improvements.

WABA’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners Vision Zero Caucus will be host a retreat to come up with shared goals for the coming year. Open to the public but must RSVP.

Explore the future of road safety in this upcoming webinar focusing on Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA).

Comment on proposed plans to improve safety and comfort of neighborhood streets in Arlington.

As the Vision Zero Coordinator, you will find me tabling for Vision Zero around Wards 1, 2, and 6, hosting educational bike rides for youth, and organizing a block party to connect with senior residents over street safety

Sign this public letter to the DC Council and Mayor Bowser urging new policies and action to cut traffic fatalities.

Share your thoughts on Arlington’s Vision Zero initiatives as the County looks to evaluate program impacts.

The DC Auditor released a report on March 16th highlighting some of the hurdles that DC has experienced while trying to meet Vision Zero goals.

Learn about MCDOT’s plan to reduce Tuckerman Ln to 1 lane each way to calm traffic & make a trail crossing safe.

Interested in being a part of a movement to end traffic fatalities and severe injuries in DC? Help organize the growing movement to make streets safer for all road users.

Thanks to everyone who participated. Watch the sessions below.

Our city’s transportation system is broken, and it’s killing people. The Mayor and the DC Council have the power to change that.  

MD SHA is wants your input on bike/ped improvements to Indian Head Highway south of I-495 in Prince George’s County.

WABA, Greater Greater Washington, and DC Families for Safe Streets sent the following letter to the Mayor’s office September 14th, 2021 in response to a driver killing a 5 year old.

Take action to demand a future where we fully fund and implement legislation that will move us towards vision zero!

In this year’s budget the Council can take the step to fund budget items in the Vision Zero Act that only require one-time funding.

On May 13th 2021, WABA testified at the D.C. Council Roundtable on “The Surge in Traffic Crashes, Fatalities, and injuries in the District and the urgent need to fully fund The Vision Zero Enhancment Omnibus Amendment Act”.

And the District is not doing enough to make them safer.

Join us in demanding immediate action.

On September 24th, WABA brought together advocates, engineers, elected officials, professionals from the transportation sector together for the fourth annual Washington Region Vision Zero Summit. This year’s Summit was different from previous years. The event was postponed from March until September and then ultimately hosted virtually. However, those were just the logistical changes. Both the […]

The bill contains a host of changes, aimed at improving accountability and speeding up the pace of progress.

On Friday, July 10, the DC Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment mark-ed up the Vision Zero Omnibus Amendment Act of 2020. We deeply appreciate the hard work Council Member Mary Cheh and the Committee have put into crafting the bill since it’s introduction in 2019. On Tuesday, July 21st, the Committee of the […]

Slower driving and more space for people: both great!

In July 2019, a bicyclist and a pedestrian died in crashes in Montgomery County. Jacob Cassell was biking on the sidewalk on Old Georgetown Road on his way to the YMCA and fell into the road while trying to avoid an obstacle on the sidewalk. Unable to stop in time, a driver fatally struck him […]

Last October, we spent an emotional day in the Wilson Building with many of you, urging the DC Council to pass a suite of bills aimed at making our streets safer. Several months later, none of this legislation has moved through mark-up or been funded in the Council’s budget.

Read the recap of this year’s Washington Region Vision Zero Summit.

DC continues to make incremental adjustments at the margins of a broken, unjust, and deadly transportation system rather than pursue the systemic changes required to make our streets safe for everyone.
Our report is a set of actionable policies that represent the baseline level of action required from the District government to stop people from dying on our streets.

At a public meeting late last month, District Department of Transportation (DDOT) staff announced an alarming change of plans for their C St. NE rehabilitation project. Take action now.

DC law requires that when a bike lane or sidewalk is closed for construction, an equally safe accommodation, free of hazards and debris, must be provided. Here’s how to identify and report violations.

If you weren’t able to attend the Vision Zero Summit, here’s what you missed.