THE STORY FOR ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS IN LOS ANGELES
Projects That Work
We know what kind of projects will reduce traffic deaths. Our Vision Zero literature review has a detailed analysis of countermeasures that have been proven to save lives. For example, leading pedestrian intervals, which give a person walking a head start when crossing the street before vehicles enter the intersection, can reduce pedestrian collisions by up to 60 percent. 10 Cycle tracks, which separate people riding bikes from vehicles using a physical barrier like landscaping, are associated with a 95-percent reduction in risk of injury for people riding bikes compared with streets without biking infrastructure. Vision Zero will implement such proven countermeasures on our priority corridors to meet our benchmarks for 2017. We are committing to installing 180 high-visibility crosswalks near fifty schools on the High-Injury Network, building twenty-five concrete pedestrian islands, and completing twelve miles of street-design plans on the priority corridors by the end of 2017.
10 Vision Zero Los Angeles, Collision and Countermeasure Analysis: Literature Review( Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Transportation, March 2016), 33.
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