Citation

Kim E, Muennig P, Rosen Z. Inj. Epidemiol. 2017; 4(1): e1.

Affiliation

Global Research Analytics for Population Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, The author(s), Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s40621-016-0098-z

PMID

28066870

Abstract

Vision Zero (VZ) is a public program that aims to have zero fatalities or serious injuries from road traffic crashes. This article examines various major components of VZ: how VZ redefines road safety, how VZ principles and philosophies can be applied to modern car and road designs, and how VZ can be applied to traffic. Applications of these principles to real-world traffic infrastructure are explored in order to show policymakers the toolkits available to increase road safety while taking into consideration local contexts.

Language: en