February 9, 2024
C2SMARTER hosted The Vision Zero Youth Council, a youth-led organization that advocates for safe and sustainable mobility by focusing on the youth experience and supports the prioritization of youth representation and involvement in decision-making spaces, for Vision Zero Youth Day on Friday, February 9th.
NYC area youths joined industry professionals for an afternoon of activities, education, & advocacy around the theme of Road Safety and the Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on New York-specific action opportunities.
The goal of their 3rd Vision Zero Youth Day event was to bring NYC youth together around the issues of road safety/ transportation and its connection to global issues such as poverty, health, climate, housing, and more.
Roughly 20 participants learned about local issues, shared their potential ideas, and heard from local elected representatives about how the government is addressing these problems.
This event was sponsored in part by America Walks through their Community Change Grants.
Read more about C2SMARTER’s other Vision Zero related efforts, such as presentations given at NYC DOT DDC’s Town+Gown Vision Zero Research on the Road event on November 29, 2023, by NYU researchers:
A-EYE URBAN: Exploring the Opportunities of Low-cost Computer Vision Solutions for Enhancing the Urban Roadway Safety was presented by Fan Zuo
Cycling Safety Analysis: A Close Look at Vehicle Type Association with Bicycle Collisions, Injuries, and Fatalities was presented by Suzana Duran Bernardes
Slowing Down for Safety: A Longitudinal Study of the Fixed Speed Cameras in NYC was presented by Jingquin (Jannie) GaR