<Alia M. Kasem , aliakasem, amk742>
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Introduction
In 1997, Sweden implemented Vision Zero with a set goal to reach a transportation network with no fatalities or serious injuries. The central principle for Sweden was "Life and health can never be exchanged for other benefits within society." This goal is to create and enforce safety, targeting different modes such as Pedestrian, cyclist, and vehicle. Furthermore, Vision Zero was adopted by many countries and cities: Netherlands, United Kingdom and recently, cities within the United States like Boston, San Francisco, California, and New York City. In 2014, Mayor de Blasio released a New York City Vision Zero Action plan, a 63 steps-disciplined approach to achieve the goals of Vision Zero. The goals are to reduce the numbers of fatalities by combining three main characteristics elements to assure safety: process and development enforcement, education and engineering to make sure that New York City is working toward achieving Vision Zero.
NYC Vision Zero is a safety program have an ideal proposal to eliminate all traffic death and serious injuries. It also incorporates the collaborations with different Transportation associate agencies in the city: City Hall, Police Department, Department of Transportation, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Citywide Administrative Services and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. These departments will be working together setting up rules and regulations to improve the safety of the action plan. The plan will include the following: more enforcement against speeding with more precinct-level personnel, adding personnel at the Highway Division of the NYPD. Also, redesigning intersections and expanding upon the slow zone in residential neighborhood and school zone.
Most importantly and effectively is the increase in the number of speed humps, speed boards, red lights, and speed cameras to ensure the vehicles are following the rules and regulations. Please note: the data set used in this report is from NYPD Collision Reports. Nonetheless, other agencies have their input in organizing and finding mitigation measures.
- Implement safety engineering improvements at 50 intersections and corridors
- Create 25 new arterial slow zones
- Install speed cameras at 20 new authorized locations
- Install 250-speed bumps, including in neighborhood slow zones
- Enhance maintenance of street markings
- Additional street reconstruction safety projects
- Survey national and international best practices to expand potential strategies
- Undertake a high-quality ad campaign aimed at reducing speeding, failure-to-yield and other forms of reckless driving
- Increase extent of “Choices” anti-DUI campaign
- Double number of programmable speed boards for intensive education/enforcement initiative
- Make effective, age-appropriate safety curriculum available to schools throughout the city
- Partner with senior centers to increase communication and get specific feedback from aging New Yorkers about street safety improvements
- Increase the number and visibility of hands-on safety demonstrations
- Add safety flyers and messaging in DOT mailings such as Alternate Side Parking regulations and construction permits
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