[Opinion] Guest Opinion: Michael Mills: Vision Zero Is Serious, and Cities Are Proving It Works

Guest opinion: Michael Mills: Vision Zero is serious, and cities are proving it works

By Michael Mills Recent reflections by members of the Daily Camera Community Editorial Board (CEB) offered a range of views on the tragic rise in cyclist and pedestrian deaths along the Front Range. Some focused on personal responsibility, others on the limits of policy. But I must respond to Bill Wright’s comment that Boulder’s Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2030 is “juvenile.” As someone who walks, bikes and drives in Boulde…

Grand Jury urges San Francisco to refocus on Vision Zero - Walk San Francisco

“While the city looks ahead to the future of Vision Zero, now is not the time to say we failed and back down, but to learn from our mistakes and make a real commitment to safer streets.” I couldn’t agree more with this quote from Katherine Blumberg, chair of the Investigation Committee for the San Francisco Civil Grand Jury’s new report: Failed Vision: Revamping the Roadmap to Safer Streets. This report arrives with the City currently having no …