In a recent article, "The Small-City Vision Zero Challenge" by Streetsblog USA, CU Denver professor Wes Marshall addresses the many hurdles small cities face when trying to tailor Vision Zero to their communities. Vision Zero, a traffic-safety model and strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all, was first adopted in large metropolises such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Yet in smaller cities, lack of funding and strong political and social will has hindered Vision Zero's implementation in smaller cities. 

Professor Wes Marshall gives this advice to small cities looking to adopt Vision Zero strategies: "Instead of focusing on an intersection or corridor, smaller cities need to look at Vision Zero through a specific lens. Can children get to the school or park safely by walking or bicycling, and what is the network they need to do so?”

Read more of Wes Marshall's interview, and learn more about which small cities are successfully implementing Vision Zero, on Streetsblog USA.