Transport planning, a sector within urban planning, is the process of developing future policies, goals, investments, and spatial planning designs to meet the needs of moving people and products to their destinations. It entails reviewing, assessing, developing, and constructing transportation infrastructures such as streets, highways, bike lanes, and public transportation lines.

For example, Sweden’s Vision Zero effort, has the potential to save lives. Vision Zero is a road traffic safety initiative that aspires to create a roadway system with no fatalities or serious injuries from traffic. It promotes safety over speed or convenience in road design, incorporating measures such as low urban speed limits, pedestrian zones, barriers that separate different types of traffic and removing concrete barriers despite soundingcounterintuitive. Sweden’s dedication to Vision Zero has resulted in considerable reductions in traffic deaths throughout the years. Sweden, for example, has set a goal of reducing road deaths by half by 2020 and achieving zero deaths by 2050. In 2020, Sweden reported 204 road fatalities, a significant decrease from prior years. This demonstrates how a well-planned, safety-focused transportation strategy may effectively save lives and improve road safety.

On the other hand, Germany’s Autobahn, noted for its parts with no speed limits, has sparked controversy about road safety. While it is widely assumed that the Autobahn is as deadly as other motorways, statistics reveal that it has a lower death rate than urban streets and rural roads. However, the Autobahn still sees a high number of fatalities, particularly on parts with no speed limits. Introducing speed limits on the Autobahn has been proposed as a potential life-saving measure, with estimates estimating that a speed limit may save approximately 140 deaths per year.