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Commit to Vision Zero by 2030

Last activity July 23, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

  1. Introduced

    July 10, 2026

  2. In committee

  3. Council vote

  4. Adopted

The City Council approved a resolution recommitting Boston to the Vision Zero 2030 effort. It notes past actions like Neighborhood Slow Streets and updates to the Vision Zero Action Plan, and cites 2025 crash fatalities, most involving pedestrians, to urge accelerated, infrastructure-focused safety improvements citywide.

Affects pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, students, elderly, people with disabilities, and families

Filed by Brian Worrell, Benjamin Jacob Weber, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, Ed Flynn, John FitzGerald, Sharon Durkan, Miniard Culpepper, Ruthzee Louijeune, Liz Breadon, and Enrique Pepén

Now with the City Council

About Transportation & Streets and Public Safety

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Official title

Resolution recommitting the City of Boston to Vision Zero 2030.

Timeline

  1. July 22, 2026

    The rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted.

    City Council

    On motion of Councilors Pepén and Breadon, Rule 12 was invoked to include Councilor Louijeune as an original co-sponsor. On motion of Councilors Pepén, Breadon, and Louijeune, the rules were suspended; the resolution was adopted: yeas 11 (Breadon, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Weber, Worrell), absent 2 (Coletta Zapata, Santana).