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What is Vision Zero?
Vision Zero is a goal to reduce and eliminate serious injuries and fatalities along our transportation network while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all.
Vision Zero Guiding Principles
- Traffic deaths and severe injuries are preventable and unacceptable
- Protecting human lives takes priority over all other objectives of the road system
- The transportation system should be designed so mistakes are not fatal
- Solutions must be collaborative, equitable, and data-driven
- Safety on our streets is everyone’s responsibility
- Our community and elected leadership is accountable for implementing the Vision Zero Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
Vision Zero Commitment
As a community, it’s our goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries for all who share Raleigh streets by 2040. We aim to achieve this by:
- Focusing on changing deadly driver behaviors
- Supporting community-led safety events
- Initiating data-driven improvements
- Partnering with other stakeholder groups:
NCDOT, Highway Patrol, Governor’s Highway Safety Program, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE), High Safety Research Center, Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC), Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities, NC Department of Public Safety, Raleigh Fire Department, and Raleigh Police Department.
