Integrating Safe Mobility
Edmonton’s Safe Mobility Strategy BY LAURA CONTINI, CITY OF EDMONTON
Setting the Context: Vision Zero Vision Zero, first developed in Sweden in 1997, uses a Safe System approach to traffic safety, stating that no loss of life or serious injury resulting from mobility is acceptable. A Safe System approach recognizes that human errors cannot be completely avoided, and thus crashes will always continue to occur. It also recognizes that the human body has an inherent vulnerability and can only withstand a limited amount of kinetic energy. A Safe System approach aims to ensure the components of the transportation system – road users, vehicles, and the transportation network and environment they operate in – all take into account these limitations.
PHOTO CREDIT: ALEX PUGLIESE
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