Richmond has already taken many steps and invested in traffic calming features, bike lanes, and other improvements towards making streets safer for everyone. Today’s declaration will likely lead to further action in this direction over the coming months and years.

Mayor Levar Stoney is on a mission to make Richmond’s roads safer for pedestrians and bikers. The mayor this morning singed a pledge to make Richmond a Vision Zero city.

Vision Zero is a global strategy designed to change the mindset that traffic fatalities and accidents with serious injuries are inevitable to the belief that they are preventable. The proclamation comes after a string of recent pedestrian injuries and deaths.

Richmond has already taken many steps and invested in traffic calming features, bike lanes, and other improvements towards making streets safer for everyone. Today’s declaration will likely lead to further action in this direction over the coming months and years.

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