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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have "Vision Zero" for bicyclists getting hit by cars (which is very rare). How about "Vision Zero" for murder?[/quote]

Because a Vision Zero for violent crime would be deemed racist, as it would target only one group of people. It's why the Vision Zero for traffic deaths is so ineffective: Human traffic stops -- a provable way to make the roads safer for everyone -- have been deemed racist so we don't do them anymore. Instead, we have cameras issuing tickets that drivers from Maryland and Virginia can safely ignore. [/quote]

[b]Vision Zero isn't failing because of a lack of traffic stops.[/b] Vision Zero is failing because drivers whine incessantly and throw tantrums about having to navigate bike lanes, ceding the right of way to pedestrians, losing parking spots, and having to drive slower, and so none of the physical changes we need to make roads safer are implemented.[/quote]

Yes, it is. Studies have shown that the best deterrence to unsafe drivers is punishment that is swift and certain, like the kind that comes from human traffic stops. Camera tickets might be swift, but if you don't have to pay the fine, it doesn't matter.

And the massive changes coming to 16th Street and Connecticut Avenue disprove your notion that drivers have the power to stymie any and all changes.[/quote]

Enforcement of traffic laws isn't an element of a Vision Zero strategy. Read for yourself if you don't believe me: https://visionzeronetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/VZN_CoreElements_FINAL.pdf

I know you've got an axe to grind against some imaginary leftist boogeyman, but this isn't it, dude.

And the 16th Street bus lanes just prove my point. They've been in the works since 2013. It's taken [i]nine years[/i] to get some lousy red paint on three miles of 16th street because of fussy drivers handwringing about having to give up a lane and some parking spaces.[/quote]

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