Whatever the intended “vision” of Denver’s vaunted “Vision Zero” agenda for reducing traffic-related deaths and injuries, the policy hasn’t worked. It may even be contributing to the problem.
That’s the most telling takeaway from an eye-opening, in-depth news report last week in The Denver Gazette.
As The Gazette’s report noted, Denver streets and intersections have taken on a lot of the trappings of the Vision Zero architecture — lots and lots of distracting plastic bollards; speed humps; bright green hashmarks, and other infrastructure that aim to end fatalities and severe injuries among pedestrians, cyclists and motorists alike…