Public Transportation is 10 Times Safer for Commuters, Analysis Shows
December 27th, 2018
A “modest” increase in public transportation use could help reduce traffic-related fatalities significantly, according to an analysis recently issued by the American Public Transportation Association and the Vision Zero Network.
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Activists Call for Protected Bike Lane on Canal Bridge
December 18th, 2018
The demand from members of the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition came ahead of a meeting Tuesday night at which MassDOT was slated to present two alternate striping plans for the Craigie Bridge that include painted — though unprotected — bike lanes.
"This isn't a new issue to MassDOT and DCR. Transportation advocates have been discussing safe bike facilities on the Craigie Dam and Longfellow Bridge with state agencies since at least 2009," said Wendy Landman, executive director of WalkBoston also in a statement. "Not only is this the right action to take for the safety of people biking, it is also the right action for the safety of people walking because it means that bicyclists do not ride on the sidewalk."
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Ceremonies Remember BU Grad Student, Others Killed on the Road
November 19th, 2018
Others shared the pain of losing loved ones to crashes as they gathered outside the State House later Sunday afternoon to observe the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The event was hosted by the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition, which advocates for measures that make streets safer, with a goal of eliminating traffic injuries and deaths
'Ghost Bike' Vigil Held For BU Student Hit And Killed Near Museum Of Science
November 19th, 2018
“The loss of one impacts us all,” said Becca Wolfson, Boston Cyclist Union executive director. “This was the first in the City of Boston for someone biking in 2018 but there have been over 400 injury crashes each year in the City of Boston.”
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Bicyclists Dedicate Ghost Bike to BU Grad Student Killed by Dump Truck
November 18th, 2018
Ghost bikes are small memorials set up across the city for bicyclists killed or hit on the street while also promoting bike safety awareness. Today, many who attended the dedication then rode their bikes to the State House to remember lives lost due to traffic crashes.
"Meng was killed by someone driving a dump truck turning right," said Becca Wolfson, of the Boston Cyclists Union. "This is not a fringe issue. And all of our cities, Boston, Cambridge, Somerville the state agencies need to provide safe places for people to bike."
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Landmarks to be Lit In Yellow to Recall Accident Victims
November 17th, 2018
On Sunday the Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition is organizing a series of actions to recall those who have died recently on area roads, including an elderly man killed while walking in Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood and a 24-year-old man killed biking near the Museum of Science.
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