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by n8cpdx 1095 days ago
> A core principle of the vision is that "Life and health can never be exchanged for other benefits within the society"

At least in Portland this has _never_ been implemented.

Vision Zero is a failure in US cities because it is pure virtue signaling and not a good-faith, focused effort to eliminate traffic fatalities.

Leadership doesn’t give a shit, which makes sense because most voters are drivers who accept that the cost of uninhibited motoring is measured in human lives.