Editing Transportation in Boston (section)

==Boston Vision Zero Plan==

In 2015, mayor [[Marty Walsh]]  announced that the city of [[Boston]] would become part of a worldwide program known as [[Vision Zero]].<ref name=":0" /> Vision Zero is a plan self described as “a new standard for safety on our streets.” The plan aims to eliminate deaths caused by transportation, whether that be pedestrians, personal vehicle riders, or cyclists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visionzerocoalition.org/what_is_vision_zero|title=What is Vision Zero?|website=Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>

Since 2015, the city of Boston has adopted several different policies aimed to help bring down the number of fatalities caused by Transportation in Boston. These policies include the creation of a 25-mile per hour speed limit law citywide,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.visionzerocoalition.org/boston_vision_zero|title=Boston|website=Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> and the implementation of Neighborhood Slow Streets, a tool of [[Traffic calming]] designed to make personal vehicles slow down in residential areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boston.gov/departments/transportation/neighborhood-slow-streets|title=Neighborhood Slow Streets|website=Boston.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-11-05|date=December 14, 2016}}</ref> Pedestrian deaths have fallen to 57 in 2019, down from the 2017 total of 82. Cyclist deaths have also fallen from 10 in 2017 to just 3 in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visionzerocoalition.org/fatalities_map|title=Massachusetts Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities Map|website=Massachusetts Vision Zero Coalition|access-date=2019-11-05|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105181627/https://www.visionzerocoalition.org/fatalities_map|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Boston now seeks to expand this plan by committing more funds to the program, as they currently spend roughly five dollars per person annually on the Vision Zero plan, whereas cities like San Francisco spend upwards of seventy five dollars per person annually.<ref name=":1" /> Boston aims to eliminate vehicle crash fatalities by 2030, while planning for more Neighborhood Slow Streets, speed humps, and curb extensions to help bring vehicle fatalities down to zero.<ref name=":0" /> One area that the Boston Transportation Department specifically wants to focus on are the numerous Boston public schools, stating in their 2017/2018 vision zero report, that “We will be upgrading school zone flashers throughout the City and focusing on schools as we select locations for future safety improvements.” <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/document-file-02-2019/vision_zero_2018_report.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/document-file-02-2019/vision_zero_2018_report.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=2017/18 Vision Zero Boston Update|publisher=Boston Transportation Department|website=Boston.gov}}</ref>