Vision Zero & The Importance of Roadway Lighting
WEBINAR: January 17, 2024, 10:00AM - 12:00PM PT [CLOSED]
As part of its EDC-7 Nighttime Visibility for Safety Innovation, FHWA is hosting a free 2-hour webinar on Vision Zero and the Importance of Roadway Lighting.
This event will focus on how roadway lighting plays a key role in safety for pedestrians and bicyclists while also touching upon the impact of lighting on neighborhood connectivity and how lighting can help state/local agencies achieve Vision Zero in their communities.
As part of the presentation, FHWA will offer examples as to how lighting design can impact the visibility of vulnerable road users (VRUs), including significant upcoming research related to roadway lighting as it relates to VRUs.
Visit FHWA's Vision Zero Community of Practice to explore more resources.
Webinar Presenters
- FHWA Safety Leadership
- George Merritt, FHWA (facilitator)
- Ron Gibbons, Director, Infrastructure Based Safety Systems, VTTI
- Don Mclean, President, DMD & Associates
Register now to learn more about Vision Zero & The Importance of Roadway Lighting
Vision Zero
Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all.
Originating in Sweden in the 1990s, the Vision Zero approach recognizes that people make mistakes, so road systems and their related policies should be designed to ensure those mistakes don't result in severe injuries or fatalities.
Nighttime Visibility for Safety
Part of FHWA's Every Day Counts collection of state-based innovations, Nighttime Visibility for Safety focuses on countermeasures that improve nighttime visibility to safely connect people to their community and essential services.
