The City of West Hollywood has a vision of no transportation-related serious injuries or deaths by 2040. The Target Vision Zero approach emphasizes the preventable nature of transportation-related deaths and serious injuries, and aims to make communities safe, healthy, and equitable.
The City has several primary values which will guide the development of WeHo Target Vision Zero:
The City has several primary values which will guide the development of WeHo Target Vision Zero:
By adopting the WeHo Target Vision Zero, the City acknowledges the goal to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries and becomes an official partner of the Vision Zero Network . In addition, the City of West Hollywood has already implemented various safety improvements including:
- Santa Monica Boulevard - crosswalk signalization at key mid-block locations.
- Fountain Avenue safety improvements – includes signalized crosswalks, curb-extensions and new traffic signals.
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility Plan.
- Various traffic calming measures on local/residential streets.
Vision Zero Background
The Vision Zero strategy began in Sweden in 1997 and is an approach to eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries through safer street design, speed management, and improvements in vehicular and road user safety. This approach emphasizes that roadway deaths and serious injuries are preventable, if the transportation system centers safely in decision-making while ensuring access to safe, healthy, and equitable mobility.
In the United States, over 40 cities have made Vision Zero Pledges and begun to institute targeted changes to improve transportation safety*.
The Vision Zero strategy began in Sweden in 1997 and is an approach to eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries through safer street design, speed management, and improvements in vehicular and road user safety. This approach emphasizes that roadway deaths and serious injuries are preventable, if the transportation system centers safely in decision-making while ensuring access to safe, healthy, and equitable mobility.
In the United States, over 40 cities have made Vision Zero Pledges and begun to institute targeted changes to improve transportation safety*.
Image from the Vision Zero Network
*Statement about Vision Zero implementations and guidelines at the Federal (SS4A[1], Safe System Approach[2]) and Caltrans guidelines (Safe System Approach[3] Strategic Highway Safety Plan[4].]
1. https://www.transportation.gov/SS4A
2. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/zerodeaths/zero_deaths_vision.cfm
3. https://dot.ca.gov/news-releases/news-release-2022-009
4. https://dot.ca.gov/programs/safety-programs/shsp
1. https://www.transportation.gov/SS4A
2. https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/zerodeaths/zero_deaths_vision.cfm
3. https://dot.ca.gov/news-releases/news-release-2022-009
4. https://dot.ca.gov/programs/safety-programs/shsp