The Effect of Road Diets on Safety, Congestion and Cut-Through Traffic
Student Work
Bryan Graveline
July 2022
Every year, more than 200 people are killed in Los Angeles while walking, bicycling, or driving. In 2015, in response to this ongoing crisis, Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an executive directive stating that fatalities are not a tolerable byproduct of transportation. As part of this directive, the mayor launched the citywide Vision Zero initiative, which set a goal to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2025.
