Vision Zero in Urban America: Road Safety as a Social Equity Issue | Ep. 3

03/18/20 • 25 min

Leah Shahum, Founder and Executive Director of Vision Zero Network, explores Vision Zero efforts taking place in New York City and how collaborative initiatives have resulted in declines in traffic fatalities.
Bryan and Leah explore the idea of roadway safety as a social equity issue. In the age of gentrification in urban environments, how can roadway system designers and transportation officials ensure equity through transportation system design?

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Transportation Technology for Road Safety: Connected Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Smart Infrastructure | Ep. 2

In this episode, Bryan Delaney hops on the phone with Allie Kelly, Executive Director of 'The Ray', a proving ground for the innovative ideas and technologies that will transform the transportation infrastructure of the future. The Ray starts on 18 miles of West Georgia’s I-85, and the land and communities surrounding it.
Allie Kelly shares valuable insight into connected vehicles and the development of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology, Autonomous Vehicles, and new infrastructure innovations exclusively piloted on The Ray.

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Red Light Running: An Advocate's Fight for Change | Ep: 4

Road Safety @ Rush Hour Podcast Host, Bryan Delaney, hops on the phone with Melissa Wandall, President of the National Coalition for Safer Roads, a national organization advocating for the use of automated traffic enforcement, to discuss Red Light Cameras and Automated Enforcement Technology. Melissa shares her personal story and explains her journey advocating for the passage of the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act in Florida.
Delaney and Wandall also discuss a recent debate in Rochester, NY arguing red light cameras disproportionately impacted low income drivers.

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