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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

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