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#VisionZero #BlackLivesMatter
#WalkBikePlaces
Leveraging Vision Zero & Black Lives Matter to Develop Outcomes-Based Performance Measures and Achieve
Safety & Equity Goals
Amanda Leahy, AICP | Senior Planner | Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
Vision Zero SupporterImage Credit: Yana Paskova, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/02/nyregion/number-of-traffic-deaths-in-new-york-falls-for-a-second-year-in-a-row.html?_r=0
Black Lives Matter AllyImage Credit: Adam Bettcher / Reuters. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/16-photos-of-white-allies-protesting-alongside-black-lives-matter_us_5783b1a0e4b0c590f7ea1ed0
Waking UpImage Credits: Amanda Leahy; BlackLivesMatter.com http://blacklivesmatter.com/macklemores-white-privilege-and-the-role-of-white-allies/
Image Credit: Twitter, @BikePortland, 8/20/16.
90 deaths per day 10.3
5.6 5.4 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.7
Crash Rate (2013)
>32,000 per year
31% due to alcohol
29% due to speeding
Traffic Fatalities in the U.S.
“Traffic deaths +9% with 1.6 trillion miles driven … 19k lives and counting”
– Janette Sadik Khan, Principal with Bloomberg Associates
Source: Center for Disease Control, Vital Signs, Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention, July 2016
“Vision Zero is about saving lives and protecting the most vulnerable people in our communities.”
- Yvette Fang, San Francisco resident and disability community advocateData Source: Governing.com; Quote: San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
3.8
5.57
8.3
9.911.2
12.6
Crash Rate, Deaths per 100k (2008-12)
≤5%5–10%10–15%>15–20%>20–25%>20–25%>30%
Census Tract Poverty Rate
1. Political Commitment2. Multi-Disciplinary Leadership3. Action Plan
4. Equity5. Cooperation & Collaboration6. Systems Based Approach7. Data-Driven8. Community Engagement9. Transparency
Components of Commitment
Source: Vision Zero Network. http://visionzeronetwork.org/project/9-components-of-a-strong-vision-zero-commitment/.
Black Lives Matter
Image Credit: Amanda Leahy
“Transportation, has long been central to the black civil rights movement, with the Selma march, the Freedom Rides, and Rosa Parks' appeal to equal rights on public buses.”
- Emily Badger, Washington Post Wonkblog
Data Source: Governing Magazine. The Washington Post. U-Va. Cooper Center analysis of 2010 Census Data; Twitter @BrentToderian 8/27/16
“Driving While Black”
20% zero vehicle HH
+73% crash fatality rate
-50% motorist yield rate
2-3x more traffic stops
transportation cost burden
Campaign Zero
Trajectory of Safety Inequity
Transportation Safety
Inequity
Structural Drivers
Socio-Cultural, Economic, &
Built Environment
Exposures & Behaviors
Transportation Conditions
Source: Diagram adapted from Prevention Institute’s Health Disparities Trajectory in “Toward Health Equity: A Prevention Framework For Reducing Health Disparities..
Measuring Transportation Safety Equity
“…Vision Zero can also be a threat to a more equitable society.”- Leah Shahum, Founder of the Vision Zero Network
Dec ‘13Source: SFGov Scorecards: http://sfgov.org/scorecards/percentage-citations-top-five-causes-collisions
Jun ‘15 Jun ‘16
SFPD % “Focus on the Five” Citations
Outcomes-Based Measures
Outcome Measure Eliminate racial disparity in fatal/injurycrashes
• Crash rate & risk
Equitabletransportation investment
• Per capita investment
Outcomes-Based Measures
Outcome Measure Increase relativedestination accessibility
• Jobs-access by mode• Transit access• Ped/bike network connectivity• Mode choice
Prevent gentrification &displacement
• (H+T®) Housing + Transportation Affordability Index
• Location Affordability Index (LAI)
Outcomes-Based Measures
Outcome Measure Equitable enforcement
• Representative of community• Enforcement priorities • Use of force policies • Body camera implementation
Mainstreaming Safety & Equity
“We can’t work on Vision Zero without prioritizing the intersection between the transportation justice movement and the social and environmental justice movements.”
- Noel Mickelberry, Executive Director of Oregon Walks Portland, OR Vision Zero Task Force memberImage Credit: Twitter, @NYPD33Pct, 8/18/16
Achieving Safety & Equity Goals
Source: Larry Cohen, Contra Costa Heath Services Prevention Program
Spectrum of Prevention
Amanda Leahy, AICP | aleahy@kittelson.com | @_amandaleahy
#VisionZero #BlackLivesMatter
#WalkBikePlaces
Thank You
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