From Cyclelicious: Vision Zero, Data driven enforcement, and Discrimination?

Richard Masoner's latest Cycleicious blog deals with specifics of San Jose, CA, but the general idea may well apply to other large urban centers.

The Safe Routes Partnership moderated a Twitter chat this morning on the topic equity and law enforcement in the context of active transportation. Among the good discussion starters, the Safe Routes Partnership asked:

Vision Zero employs the “Four E’s” of traffic safety — engineering, enforcement, education, and evaluation — to work toward their goal of zero traffic fatalities. As part of their Vision Zero effort, the city of San Jose, CA Police Traffic Enforcement Unit has adopted a data driven approach to enforcing traffic infractions. 50% of traffic fatalities in San Jose occur on just 3% of city streets. These “Safety Priority Streets” are portions of Almaden Expressway, Alum Rock Avenue, Blossom Hill Road, Branham Lane, Capitol Expressway, Jackson Avenue, King Road, McKee Road, McLaughlin Avenue, Monterey Road, Senter Road, Story Road, Tully Road, and White Road. Both cyclist fatalities in 2014 occurred on one of these streets, and the majority of cycling deaths in San Jose continue to occur on those roads.

Full Article:

http://www.cyclelicio.us/2016/vision-zero-data-driven-enforcement-a...