Families for Safe Streets Nashville

To support people who have lost loved ones or been injured as a pedestrian or bicyclist in Nashville and equip you to use your voice for change. @walkbikenash

[Angie E. Henderson @angienashville]

Looking forward to this panel moderated by @ehafkenschiel on Weds, May 19. What policies, engineering standards, & funding models will deliver the safe & enjoyable streets all Middle TN citizens deserve? Please join us!

[Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenash]

Our 4th Annual Pedestrian Memorial is being livestreamed on our facebook page. We will be sharing a highlights here in the next hour. #VisionZero #FamiliesForSafeStreets #Walkbikenashville #mobilityjustice

[Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenash]

2020 was the worst year in Nashville's history for pedestrian deaths. Please join us next Sat., Jan. 30th at 10am for a virtual event to remember and honor the people who were killed while walking in 2020. https://t.co/iEiH8YZbDy

[Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenash]

Powerful story from @jessiesingernyc. More of our pedestrian memorials will be installed this month. DM if you are interested in helping with our effort.

[Transportation Alternatives @TransAlt]

“People are intentionally driving over the speed limit. People are intentionally on their phone while on the highway. People are intentionally drinking or taking drugs, then deciding to operate a vehicle. These things are tragic and they're not accidents.” https://t.co/NfszhbLTMy

[Tennessee Highway Safety Office @TNHSO]

2020 has now become the deadliest year for pedestrians in Nashville with 34 people killed so far this year. @FOXNashville @walkbikenash #LookForMe https://t.co/6zrDmfI7ti

[Walk Bike Nashville @walkbikenash]

Have you seen our billboards or heard our ads on the radio? It’s the most dangerous time of year for people walking. Be careful when you are driving. Everyone is adjusting to more darkness and an earlier nightfall.

[Vision Zero Network @Visionzeronet]

Did you recognize @WDoR2020? Find out why so many did, more than ever in the U.S. Tempe to Tampa, St. Paul to San Francisco we asked: Why are we designing streets & setting speed limits that literally kill, when we have a choice to do better? NEW recap: https://t.co/GuHOr7InnX

[Rebecca Cunningham @RebCunningham]

This weekend loved ones gathered to remember Kenneth Urbach and the 33 other pedestrians killed on Nashville streets this yr. The # of pedestrians killed in 2020 is already record-breaking, with a month and a half to go. The group @NashSafeStreets formed to support their families

[Families For Safe Streets @NYC_SafeStreets]

We’re at City Hall Park setting up more than 200 pairs of shoes to represent the lives lost to traffic violence on NYC streets in 2020. #WDoR2020

[Los Angeles Walks @LosAngelesWalks]

It's World Day of Remembrance for Traffic Victims today and we've spotted Peatónito in action! Btw, nice shirt! #WDoR2020 #SpeedKills

[Families for Safe Streets Nashville @NashSafeStreets]

Our first memorial is for Kenneth Urbach. This morning we heard from the Urbach family about what a kind person Kenneth Urbach was to everyone he met and how much his family misses him every day. Even one person killed is too many. #WDoR2020 #speedkills

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

Today is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

Every 24 seconds, the 🌍 loses:
a child
a father
a mother
a brother
a sister
a friend
a colleague

Remember those who died.
Support those who survived.
Take action to save lives.

#RoadSafety

[Families for Safe Streets Nashville @NashSafeStreets]

On this World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims we are placing the first in our series of pedestrian memorials to remember the 34 people killed while walking in 2020. Even one person killed is too many. #WDoR2020 #speedkills

[Toole Design @tooledesign]

@LosAngelesWalks @JoeBiden @NashSafeStreets @alxsafestreets @atlantabike @BayAreaFSS @EmilyFoundation @RideofSilence @rideillinois @SafeRoadsNow @stop4nikhil @NYC_SafeStreets Thanks so much for hosting, and thanks everyone for the powerful and inspiring words and ideas. More than anything, thanks to members of Families for Safe Streets across the country for sharing your pain, memories, and determination to prevent further tragedy. #WDoR2020

[Families for Safe Streets Nashville @NashSafeStreets]

@LosAngelesWalks Thank you for organizing this @NYC_SafeStreets @LosAngelesWalks! Let's continue the conversation into Sunday's #WDoR2020

[Families for Safe Streets Nashville @NashSafeStreets]

@LosAngelesWalks @JoeBiden @alxsafestreets @atlantabike @BayAreaFSS @EmilyFoundation @RideofSilence @rideillinois @SafeRoadsNow @stop4nikhil @NYC_SafeStreets More federal funding earmarked for bike/ped/safety improvements would make a HUGE difference. If we set the priorities at the federal level we don’t have to struggle with @myTDOT and elected officials delaying critical safety upgrades. Don’t make us choose bet. safety vs. roads.

[Toole Design @tooledesign]

@LosAngelesWalks @NashSafeStreets @alxsafestreets @atlantabike @BayAreaFSS @EmilyFoundation @RideofSilence @rideillinois @SafeRoadsNow @stop4nikhil @NYC_SafeStreets @Visionzeronet If we have the courage to act, because we know it isn’t easy (nothing worth doing ever is…), we can eliminate the need for #WDoR2020 within a generation. In this instance, speed is good. #speedkills

[Families for Safe Streets Nashville @NashSafeStreets]

Agreed! #speedkills #WDoR2020

[Families For Safe Streets @NYC_SafeStreets]

@LosAngelesWalks @NashSafeStreets @alxsafestreets @atlantabike @BayAreaFSS @AlpertReyes @EmilyFoundation @RideofSilence @rideillinois @SafeRoadsNow @stop4nikhil There's no big mystery here. We know what it takes to prevent deaths on our roads. What we need is political will. #SpeedKills #WDoR2020

[Families for Safe Streets Nashville @NashSafeStreets]

@LosAngelesWalks @alxsafestreets @atlantabike @BayAreaFSS @EmilyFoundation @RideofSilence @rideillinois @SafeRoadsNow @stop4nikhil @NYC_SafeStreets 2020, we had a tornado, then COVID, then passed the first property tax increase in forever. We get it. There’s no money. But we also had a record year for pedestrian deaths, two years in a row. We can’t keep doing the same and expect different results. We need to save lives now.