Why Reading Names of Crash Victims Matters

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.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.Links:Nafisa Fai - Washington County Commission websitePaul Savas - Clackamas County Commission websiteJuan Carlos Gonzalez - Metro Council websiteMetro JPACT home pageDetails on Metro's $2.4 million road safety planning grant (BikePortland)