A program aimed at making NYC roads safer succeeded, especially when it came to protecting low-income residents, but new measures may now be needed
In 2014, New York City introduced Vision Zero, a safety campaign to make its roads less dangerous. New research shows that the program has been a success, reducing injuries for low-income residents and Medicaid expenditures. However, the pandemic made things more complicated for the program, as dangerous driving became more common and traffic enforcement dipped. Back in 2014, New York City introduced sweeping traffic safety reforms under a program called Vision Zero.
Glied, in the six years following Vision Zero's introduction, enrollees in NYC Medicaid reported 77.5 fewer injuries per 100,000 people annually. We found evidence that… the rate of traffic-related injuries among low-income New Yorkers, and low-income Black New Yorkers in particular, fell relative to trends in surrounding counties, Dr. Dragan told the American Public Health Association .
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