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9 Components of a Strong Vision Zero Commitment

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Vision Zero Network

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries among all road users, and to ensure safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. This infographic compiles nine components that make up an effective high-level framework for communities considering a Vision...

Who Pays for Parking: How Federal Tax Subsidies Jam More Cars into Congested Cities, and How Cities Can Reclaim Their Streets

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

The federal tax benefit for commuter parking excludes the value of commuter parking provided by employers from the calculation of a worker’s taxable income. The “check” is bigger for people who make more money or work in the downtown areas of major cities, but the costs of the program...

2017 Sacramento Resolution 2017-0032 Vision Zero Goals

Type Ordinance

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Sacramento City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

This resolution requires the City of Sacramento to adopt a “Vision Zero” goal. Vision Zero is a collaborative and data-driven effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries. Actions towards Vision Zero will be a comprehensive, collaborative, and equitable approach through...

Rivers & Roads: Opportunities to Better Integrate Green Infrastructure and Transportation Projects in Atlanta, GA and Toledo, OH

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Georgia, Ohio

Source American Rivers

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Finance & Procurement

When rainwater hits hard surfaces like roads and parking lots, it runs along the surface till it flows into a storm drain, river, or stream. Known as stormwater runoff, this water picks up pollutants such as heavy metals, brake linings, and deicing salts which contaminate local waters....

2007 Seattle Complete Streets Ordinance 122386

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Seattle City Council

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Public Safety

This ordinance requires the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to design and construct all new City transportation improvement projects to provide appropriate accommodation for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and disabled persons while promoting the safe operation...

Voting is the Easy Part: Why LA’s Measure M Hasn’t Led to Greater Transit Use

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

In 2016, citizens of Los Angeles voted in favor of Measure M, a ½-cent sales tax increase that will raise $120 billion over forty years for transit expansion and maintenance, and traffic and street improvements. Despite this, transit ridership in Los Angeles has continued to fall....

Don’t Give Up at the Intersection: Designing All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Crossings

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National Association of City Transportation Officials

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Most vehicle-bike conflicts occur at intersections, making intersection design a critical component of streets that are safe for bicyclists of all ages and abilities. This guide provides recommendations regarding protected bike intersections, dedicated bike intersections, minor street...

A Budding Model: Los Angeles’s Flower Street Bus Lane

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Eno Center for Transportation

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

In June 2019, Los Angeles Metro installed a peak-hour bus lane in downtown Los Angeles as a strategy for addressing anticipated traffic delays. This report analyzes the Flower Street pilot's implementation, enforcement, and performance. It finds that the bus lane greatly improved...

Effects of Parking Provision on Automobile Use in Cities: Inferring Causality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Many cities include minimum parking requirements in their zoning codes and provide ample parking for public use. However, parking is costly to provide and encourages increased automobile use, which is linked to traffic congestion, environmental degradation, and negative health and...

Accessibility in Practice: A Guide for Transportation and Land Use Decision Making

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

This report guides planning agencies and transportation decision makers in measuring accessibility and incorporating those metrics into decision making by outlining general concepts, data needs and availability, analysis tools, and other considerations in measuring accessibility....

Factors Affecting Residential Parking Occupancy in Madison, Wisconsin

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Wisconsin

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

To manage parking provisions and minimize the negative impacts of excess parking effectively, policy makers need a full understanding of how much existing parking is used and how factors affect its use. This paper presents a study of multi-family residential parking occupancy and...

Estimating Policy Effects on Reduced Vehicle Travel in Hawaii: A Technical Guide

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State

State(s) Hawaii

Source State Smart Transportation Initiative

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

This report compares estimates of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in Hawaii under current conditions versus VMT when policies are implemented to manage travel demand. These policies include transportation demand management (employer-based programs that encourage employees to carpool,...

Two-Way Street: Is There a Better Way to Distribute Local Road Aid in Wisconsin?

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin

Source Wisconsin Policy Forum

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Transportation & Mobility

Although local governments have jurisdiction over most of the road in Wisconsin, the state provides aid to local governments to help them pay for their construction and upkeep. The state's General Transportation Aids (GTA) program is the primary vehicle for delivering road aid. This...

Designing for All Ages & Abilities: Contextual Guidance for High-Comfort Bicycle Facilities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source National Association of City Transportation Officials

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

To achieve growth in bicycling, bikeway design needs to meet the needs of a broader set of potential bicyclists. This report describes bikeway facilities (i.e. low-speed shared streets, protected bicycle lanes, and bicycle boulevards) that encourage safe bicycle-use for people of...

2009 Bloomington Ordinance 40 Transportation Demand Management

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source City Council of the City of Bloomington

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

This ordinance creates a Transportation Demand Management program that promotes efficient utilization of existing transportation facilities, reduces traffic congestion and mobile source pollution, and ensures that new developments are designed in ways to maximize the potential for...

A Green New Deal for City and Suburban Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

The majority of federal transportation spending incentivizes road-building, leaving limited funds available for road repair and more sustainable modes like transit, walking, and biking. Such spending encourages more driving and increased emissions, due to limited investments in low-carbon...

2010 El Paso Ordinance 017466 Traffic Safety

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source El Paso City Council

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

The ordinance requires the operator of a motor vehicle to create a safe environment for a Vulnerable Road User, including pedestrians, a person on horseback, and persons operating equipment other than a motor vehicle, by giving them space on the road and yielding the right of way....

A Primer on Vision Zero: Advancing Safe Mobility for All

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Vision Zero Network

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate traffic fatalities and severe injuries among all road users, and to ensure safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. The Vision Zero approach recognizes that traffic deaths are preventable, meaning that system designers and policymakers should...

Complete Streets Local Policy Workbook

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Public Safety

This workbook is a starting point for local leaders to begin mapping out a complete streets policy to foster safe and accessible roads for all road users in a community, including drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and other motorists. The workbook emphasizes the need for local leaders...

2018 San Francisco Ordinance 99-18 Regulating Powered Scooter Usage

Type Ordinance

Year 2018

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Powered scooters can obstruct limited street and sidewalk space, thereby discouraging the use of public right-of-ways for pedestrians, bicyclists, and public transit. This ordinance regulates the use of electric scooters in San Francisco. It requires companies that provide electric...

Re-Thinking the Urban Freeway: Options for Rebuilding, Replacing, Altering or Otherwise Addressing Aging Freeways

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Urban freeways create barriers to movement within cities, institutionalize social inequities, contribute to environmental degradation, and encourage suburban sprawl. As urban freeways approach the end of their useful lives, decisions on the fate of an individual freeway will be place...

Seattle Bicycle Master Plan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source City of Seattle

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan defines a set of actions, to be completed within 10 years, to make Seattle the best community for bicycling in the United States. By increasing support for bicycling, the city will make its transportation system more environmentally, economically, and...

Fracking in Carroll County, Ohio: An impact assessment

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies, City or Town, School District

State(s) All States

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

This report evaluates the impact of shale industry development in Carroll County, Ohio and argues for policies that optimize the benefits and mitigate costs in the community. Recommendations include the increased taxation of the shale industry, the establishment of local task forces,...

Illinois' Pedestrian Rules of the Road

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2011

Level City or Town, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Public Safety, Public Spaces

This infographic highlights pedestrian safety measures implemented in Illinois, including snow and ice removal, walk signals, and safe driving regulations. It also outlines pedestrian and driver responsibilities which aim to protect pedestrians and promote a safe and accessible urban...

Licenses for Immigrant Drivers in Massachusetts

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source MassBudget

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Public Safety

This brief examines the positive impacts that allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses would create. The brief references studies demonstrate that the provision of licenses creates safer roads, and access to car insurance, enhances public safety, advances racial...

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