Philly's Vision Zero plan highlights the urgent need to improve traffic safety

Philly wants to set its own speed limits, and other highlights of the city’s new Vision Zero report

Vision Zero report shows that traffic deaths in Philadelphia remain elevated compared to the five years before the coronavirus pandemic.

Philly's Vision Zero plan highlights the urgent need to improve traffic safety

Philadelphia officials have released the Vision Zero Action Plan 2030. The report fulfills part of the commitment made by Mayor Cherelle Parker’s  executive order in March 2024 to eliminate all traffic deaths on Philadelphia streets. “This is a plan by and for the people of the City of Philadelphia,”  Parker said in a news release. “The voices of nearly 3,000 Philadelphians are reflected in this document and will help guide my administration’s w…

Vision Zero In Hindsight

In June 2021, city council adopted its Moving Together Toward Vision Zero comprehensive transportation plan, which called for the elimination of traffic fatalities and serious injuries by the end of 2025.