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The biggest barrier to more people cycling on big cities has always been safety.
This is for good reason: in Vancouver as of 2023, about 100 people die in
traffic every year while trying to get from point A to point B. It's no wonder
people wish to have as much metal around them as possible while on the road,
consequently the SUV trends makes it even less safe for those trying to get
around, specially those on any other less protected transportation device:
bicycles, skateboards, rollers, or just walking on two legs.

That's where [Vision Zero][] comes in.

[Vision Zero]: https://visionzerovancouver.ca
people wish to have as much metal around them as possible while on the road, but
unfortunately that also creates a negative feedback loop where more/bigger SUVs
make it even less safe for everyone else - specially for those on any other less
protected transportation device: bicycles, skateboards, rollers, or just walking
on two legs.

That's where Vision Zero comes in. Conceptually, it's [a multi-national effort
to zero out traffic related fatalities, started in Sweden in 1997][vz]. It's
recognized officially as a [provincial level program in British Columbia][bc-vz]
as well as a [municipal one in Vancouver][cov-vz]. Most importantly, it's also a
program that local advocacy groups can do serious work, like the [Vision Zero
Vancouver][vzv] which aims to put some momentum towards Vision Zero for the
metro region.

[vz]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Zero
[bc-vz]: https://www.visionzerobc.ca
[cov-vz]: https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/transportation-safety.aspx
[vzv]: https://visionzerovancouver.ca

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