Vision Zero Adoption in Canada

This paper documents the adoption of Vision Zero in Canada, which is useful for road safety benchmarking; compares Vision Zero adoption processes and programs in Canadian jurisdictions with the principles for effective adoption of Vision Zero; and identifies common challenges encountered by Canadian jurisdictions in adopting this road safety approach. Vision Zero is an approach to road safety characterized by aggressive casualty and injury reduction goals, coordinated and multidisciplinary action, increased priority and resources allocated toward road safety improvement, and a specific ethical policy framework. The 2016 adoption of Vision Zero at the national level by the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators may lead to widespread adoption among all levels of government in Canada. Ensuring that current and future adoptions of Vision Zero are made both in name and in practice will help to maximize road safety improvement in Canada. This paper is based on a survey with 31 jurisdictions in Canada, 21 of which responded. The survey revealed that eight of 21 responding jurisdictions have already adopted Vision Zero, and that several may consider doing so in the future (12 of 14 responses from jurisdictions that do not currently have Vision Zero).

• Record URL:
  https://www.cite7.org/wpdm-package/2016-kelowna-compendium/
• Corporate Authors:

  INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS. DISTRICT 7 CANADA

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• Authors:
  • PETERNIAK, R
  • Milligan, C
  • Hearson, M
  • Anderson-Trocme, P
• Conference:
  • Kelowna 2016 - CITE Annual Meeting and Conference - Technical Compendium
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 507 KB, 17p.
• Monograph Title: Kelowna 2016 - CITE Annual Meeting and Conference - Technical Compendium

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash rates; Improvements; Local government agencies; Mathematical analysis; Planning; Prevention; Safety
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 6471: Analysis (math); 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 9108: Improvement; 192: Local authority; 143: Planning; 1665: Safety
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01616307
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Nov 15 2016 4:48PM