Officials Defend Vision Zero Initiative Even As Pedestrian Deaths Surge In LA
The initiative called for a 20 percent reduction in deaths by 2017, and overall Los Angeles only lowered traffic deaths by 3 percent last year. More starkly, the number of pedestrians killed on city streets rose 17 percent over the previous year, and 82 percent since 2015.
Los Angeles Times:
Pedestrian Deaths In L.A. Rise Sharply But Officials Remain Committed To Traffic Safety Program
Pedestrian deaths rose sharply in Los Angeles in 2017, but the disappointing figures do not mean the city should change course on an ambitious program to eliminate traffic fatalities, transportation officials said Wednesday. During the second full year of the Vision Zero initiative, aimed at eliminating traffic deaths on city streets by 2025, the number of pedestrians killed on city streets rose 17% over the previous year, and 82% since 2015. (Nelson, 2/28)
In other news —
San Jose Mercury News:
California Has The Worst Quality Of Life, New Study Says
California dreamin’? Flying in the face of traditional wisdom that we live on the best coast comes a stinging new U.S. News & World Report study that says we have the worst quality of life in the nation. The coveted Best States ranking is part of an annual study that scores all 50 states on eight categories — health care, education, economy, opportunity, infrastructure, crime and corrections, fiscal stability and the most important of all for most of us, quality of life. (D'Souza, 2/28)