Why Reading Names of Crash Victims Matters

<p>In this episode, host Jonathan Maus shares clips from a recent meeting of the Metro Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT). He highlights an exchange between county commissioners that was spurred by the "reading the of the names" - an increasingly common practice at meetings where someone reads names of people killed in traffic crashes at the outset of a meeting in order to add urgency to road safety efforts.</p><p>Jonathan shares why he thinks this practice is so important — and how it can gain even more value when it spurs an exchange like the one between two commissioners and a Metro staff person in this episode.</p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://washingtoncounty.civicweb.net/portal/members.aspx?id=10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nafisa Fai - Washington County Commission website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.clackamas.us/bcc/savas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Savas - Clackamas County Commission website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.oregonmetro.gov/regional-leadership/metro-council/councilor-juan-carlos-gonzalez" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Juan Carlos Gonzalez - Metro Council website</a></li><li><a href="https://www.oregonmetro.gov/regional-leadership/metro-advisory-committees/joint-policy-advisory-committee-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Metro JPACT home page</a></li><li><a href="https://bikeportland.org/2023/02/08/how-us-dot-grants-will-be-spent-in-our-region-370170" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details on Metro's $2.4 million road safety planning grant</a> (BikePortland)</li></ul><br/><p><br></p>