Vision Zero - Is it irrational? Export

@article{citeulike:1367281, abstract = {Vision Zero, the Swedish road safety policy goal, states that in the long run, no person should be killed or seriously injured as a consequence of road traffic. Since its adoption in 1997, the goal has been seriously criticised. In 2007, performance of the first interim target will be evaluated and a new interim target will be set. In this paper, we summarise the experiences from working with the goal and analyse the criticism that has been put forward against it. The most common criticism is that Vision Zero is an irrational goal. In order to evaluate this criticism, we compare Vision Zero with an independently developed list of adequacy criteria for rational goal-setting. We conclude that according to these criteria, Vision Zero is not irrational.}, author = {Rosencrantz, Holger and Edvardsson, Karin and Hansson, Sven O.}, citeulike-article-id = {1367281}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG7-4MSY8BY-3/2/0a2bcf38742ac4dcb2e5a4937bbd25fa}, comment = {Interesting. Their opponents argue that saving the last lives and cutting the last serioius accidents will be fsr from cost effective comared to other health-related interventions.}, journal = {Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice}, keywords = {accident, automobiles, cost-benefit, crashes, public\_health}, month = {July}, number = {6}, pages = {559--567}, posted-at = {2007-06-06 04:29:58}, priority = {2}, title = {Vision Zero - Is it irrational?}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG7-4MSY8BY-3/2/0a2bcf38742ac4dcb2e5a4937bbd25fa}, volume = {41}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1367281 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1367281 N2 - Vision Zero, the Swedish road safety policy goal, states that in the long run, no person should be killed or seriously injured as a consequence of road traffic. Since its adoption in 1997, the goal has been seriously criticised. In 2007, performance of the first interim target will be evaluated and a new interim target will be set. In this paper, we summarise the experiences from working with the goal and analyse the criticism that has been put forward against it. The most common criticism is that Vision Zero is an irrational goal. In order to evaluate this criticism, we compare Vision Zero with an independently developed list of adequacy criteria for rational goal-setting. We conclude that according to these criteria, Vision Zero is not irrational. IS - 6 JF - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice EP - 567 TI - Vision Zero - Is it irrational? VL - 41 SP - 559 KW - accident KW - automobiles KW - cost-benefit KW - crashes KW - public_health N1 - Interesting. Their opponents argue that saving the last lives and cutting the last serioius accidents will be fsr from cost effective comared to other health-related interventions. AU - Rosencrantz, Holger AU - Edvardsson, Karin AU - Hansson, Sven PY - 2007/07// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG7-4MSY8BY-3/2/0a2bcf38742ac4dcb2e5a4937bbd25fa ER -