{"id":63933952,"date":"2007-01-10T23:25:52","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T23:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=63933952"},"modified":"2007-01-10T23:25:52","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T23:25:52","slug":"traffic-justice-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=63933952","title":{"rendered":"TRAFFIC JUSTICE UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

An excerpt from BikeWalk.org newsletter (Centerlines #166):<\/em> <\/p>\n

\nBy Bob Chauncey\n<\/p>\n

\nWe are a growing alliance of organizations and individuals seeking to
\nend the acceptance of over 40,000 traffic deaths a year in the United States. We are outraged at the common belief that traffic crashes are
\nunavoidable “accidents” and are combining our forces to stop these
\nunacceptable and predictable crashes.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Traffic Justice movement will be based on four defining principles.\n<\/p>\n

\n1. The primary goal of our transportation system must be the prevention
\nof traffic crashes. We believe the traditional emphasis of US
\ntransportation and safety agencies on making crashes safer through
\ntechnology has failed to achieve reductions in injuries and fatalities
\non a par with the crash prevention efforts in other countries.\n<\/p>\n

\n2. We offer instead the principle of Traffic Justice — the expectation
\nof just and accountable conduct of all participants in our
\ntransportation system. Our initiatives will require that drivers, car
\nmanufacturers, road designers, elected officials, law enforcers,
\ncommunity planners and others take specific actions toward preventing
\ntraffic crashes. For example, some of the traffic justice changes we
\nare working toward would:\n<\/p>\n

\n– require drivers to comply with all traffic laws and thereby hold
\ndrivers fully accountable for their actions;
\n
– require the installation of event data recorders and other law
\nenforcement technologies into cars and trucks to support the adherence
\nof traffic laws;
\n
– require roads to be designed and built to dramatically reduce
\nspeeding, while safely accommodating pedestrians and bicyclists;
\n
– restrict any promotion of dangerous driving;
\n
– assist in the passage of laws extending the privilege of driving only
\nto those who have not abused it;
\n
– require law enforcement agencies to assign traffic law enforcement a
\npriority consistent with the importance of preventing traffic crashes
\nin the communities they serve;
\n
– encourage community leaders to support developments likely to yield
\nshorter trips, fewer trips, and more walking, biking and public transit
\nto complete these trips.\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n3. The Traffic Justice Task Force and working groups will support and
\ndeliver resources to an alliance of organizations and individuals. We
\nwill work with and through these organizations rather than create an
\nentirely new organization.\n<\/p>\n

\n4. We see as the outcome of a successful Traffic Justice movement a
\nsustainable safe transportation system that reduces traffic crashes to
\nsuch a low number that when a fatality or injury occurs the response is
\nas it should be: outrage, investigation as to the cause, and reparation
\nto the victims.\n<\/p>\n

\nLet me know what you think of this statement. Also, contact me with
\nideas on potential partners, potential funders, other campaign ideas,
\netc. Look for a Traffic Justice workshop at the National Bike Summit in
\nMarch. Traffic Justice will also be a topic at Velo-city 2007 in Munich.\n<\/p>\n

\nTraffic Justice Information: https:\/\/www.bikewalk.org\/tji.php<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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An excerpt from BikeWalk.org newsletter (Centerlines #166): By Bob Chauncey We are a growing alliance of organizations and individuals seeking to end the acceptance of over 40,000 traffic deaths a year in the United States. We are outraged at the common belief that traffic crashes are unavoidable “accidents” and are combining our forces to stop … <\/p>\n

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