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From YouTube: Boston's Safest Driver Launch
Description
The City of Boston launches its newest edition of Boston's Safest Driver, an app that scores drivers on their speeding, acceleration and phone use. The competition is part of Vision Zero, the city's goal of eliminating traffic fatalities by 2030, and features $25,000 in prizes for the region's most responsible motorists.
A
This
is
the
second
time
we
will
do
this,
and
we've
got
a
great
lineup
of
speakers
and
partners
that
have
helped
us
pull
this
together
over
the
last
six
or
eight
months
here
to
bring
it
back
to
Boston.
It
is
my
pleasure
first
to
welcome
Chris
Osgood,
our
chief
of
streets,
to
open
up
the
ceremonies
here.
We
will
do
a
short
speaking
program
of
a
few
people
and
then
we
will
launch
into
a
parallel
parking
competition,
so
Chris.
Thank
you.
B
Good
morning,
everyone
again
Chris
husband,
had
the
honor
of
serving
as
mayor
Walsh
is
chief
of
streets.
I
just
want
to
start
by
thanking
Chris
Carter
for
his
great
leadership
and
collaboration,
his
hard
work
and
the
hard
work
of
all
the
members
of
the
mayor's
office
of
newer
mechanics
work.
Here,
you
guys
were
invaluable
partners
to
think
about
how
we
use
data
and
technology
and
design
to
advance
the
mayor's
full
list
of
initiatives
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
particular
when
we
think
about
the
streets.
B
B
T
V
across
a
whole
host
of
different
different
efforts
from
putting
in
things
like
protected
bike
lanes
and
collaboration
with
neighborhood
residents
and
Becca
Wilson
from
the
Boston
cyclists
Union
in
places
like
Mass
Ave
in
Beacon
Street,
and
putting
in
the
city's
first
cycle
tracks
on
places
like
Stanford
Street,
behind
us
on
Commercial
Street,
on
Cosway
Street,
on
introducing
new
programs
to
the
work
of
folks
like
Stephanie
Seska
and
her
team.
Things
like
our
very
popular
neighborhood
slow
streets
program,
which
is
bringing
new
techniques
to
calming
traffic
in
our
residential
neighborhoods.
B
And
we
were
just
in
the
South
End
and
heard
a
number
of
residents.
Speaking
about
the
importance
of
improving
the
crossings.
Long
time
on
Street
something
a
Stephanie
and
her
team
is
also
working
on,
and
it's
not
just
about
those
programs,
but
just
in
general,
in
the
city,
putting
more
attention
on
things
like
our
sidewalks
and
our
crosswalks
things
that
the
mayor's
significantly
increase
the
investment
on,
and
while
our
approach
to
road
safety
really
starts
at
a
foundational
level
around
engineering.
B
As
we
travel
about
the
city
about
how
we
take
corners
about
how
we
break
about
how
we
accelerate,
perhaps
above
all,
about
how
we
think
about
curbing
distracted
driving
all
those
efforts.
The
engineering
efforts,
the
engagement
efforts,
the
forceful
national
efforts.
All
of
those
things
helped
us
get
to
the
thing
we
heard
from
our
resident
and
a
thing
which
the
mayor
has
champion
for
us,
which
is
to
eliminate
roadway
fatalities
on
our
street.
C
Thank
you
very
much.
Chris
and
I
want
to
thank
both
crystal
Osgood
and
Chris
Connor
for
their
incredible
work.
Here,
I,
you
know
one
of
the
one
of
the
one
of
the
surprises
when
I
became
the
mayor
in
2014
is
I
had
a
chance
to
get
to
work
very
closely
with
their
mechanics
and
understand
the
talent
that
they
have
and
the
dedication
of
commitment.
So
thank
both
of
you
for
what
you
doing
the
work
you're
doing
in
bringing
us
here
today.
C
C
There
I
think
members
of
the
visions
are
attached
for
us.
I
want
to
thank
Libby
mutual
Cambridge
mobile
telematics.
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
cyclists
Union,
who
do
so
much
work
every
single
day
to
make
sure
that
cyclists
in
our
city
of
safe
and
not
just
here
in
the
city,
but
throughout
the
country,
we've
quite
honestly,
working
together
with
other
other
organizations,
livable
Street,
Alliance,
walk
Boston.
Thank
you
as
well,
and
if
I
missed
any
advocacy
groups
here,
I
want
to
just
say
thank
you
for
what
you
do.
C
Other
great
partners
is
a
better
City
Ric
Tomino,
who
has
done
so
much
work
was
very
excited
about
the
first
transportation
launch
we
ever
did.
I
was
really
excited
about
that.
Seaport
TMA
come
in
the
National
Safety
Council
to
giving
us
a
grant
to
run
this
program.
This
program
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
run
without
it.
Boston's
best
safest
driver
competition
developed
out
of
a
vision,
zero
initiative,
we're
committed
to
eliminating
traffic
deaths
in
serious
injuries
by
the
year.
C
2030
we've
seen
some
gains,
but
as
I
say
all
the
time,
one
one
accident
and
one
tragedy
is
too
many.
You
can't
take
that
person
back
and
you
know
we
can
talk
about
all
all
the
investments
were
making,
but
we
really
have
to
get
to
zero
since
relaunch,
launched,
vision,
zero
we've
been
able
to
what,
with
a
cut
city
council
and
the
legislature,
lower
the
default
speed
limit
in
Boston
at
25
miles
per
hour,
we
started
in
12
different
neighborhoods,
slow
Street
projects.
C
We
implemented
Street
redesigned
to
slow
vehicles
and
we're
gonna
continually
work
at
that.
We've
made
progress,
but
we
have
a
long
way
to
go.
Last
year
on
the
streets
of
Boston,
ten
people
were
killed
on
our
roadways
in
2017
there
was
sixteen
and
in
2016
we
saw
21
the
work.
That's
been
down
here.
Quite
honestly,
as
many
of
you
that
here
today,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
work
to
bring
those
numbers
down
to
get
to
zero.
We
need
to
work
as
a
community.
C
We
need
to
change
the
culture
on
our
streets,
something
that
we've
talked
about
for
a
long
time.
So,
in
addition
to
the
infrastructure
and
planning,
we
also
need
to
increase
education
for
safe
drivers
and
behavior
of
drivers,
something
that
that
has
been
missing
the
Boston
safe
driver
competition.
This
competition
that
we're
talking
about
today
will
help
us
in
that
important
conversation.
It's
fun
its
innovative.
C
We
almost
lost
a
spot
there,
a
guy
jawbone
person
drove
by
they
almost
pulled
in
there,
so
they
kept
going
so
we're
okay,
but
the
results
that
we
saw
from
the
first
competition
in
2016
phone
distraction
scores
improved
by
47%,
heartbreaking
scores,
improved
by
37%,
speeding,
scores
improved
by
35%,
and
our
program
has
been
replicated
in
cities
all
across
the
United
States
of
America,
and
it's
something
that
it's
not
just
the
Boston
talk
talking
about
issue.
It's
a
nationwide
issue
that
we
have
to
continue
to
talk
about
today.
C
We're
excited
to
launch
a
new
vision,
new
version
of
our
competition
with
supports
from
from
Cambridge
mobile
telematics.
Let
be
mutual
in
that
National,
Safety
Council
we're
giving
it
away
$25,000
and
pride
to
those
who
participate,
participate
between
now
and
July
28
and
once
again,
it's
open
to
101
cities
and
towns
in
the
Greater
Boston
area.
So
we're
excited
about
that
this
year.
C
We're
also
excited
to
partner
with
local
transportation
management
associations,
a
better
city,
TMA
Masco,
and
and
support
a
seaport
cma
for
a
corporate
challenge,
so
something
that
we're
adding
a
new
layer
of
competition
here,
not
that
we're
competitive
in
Boston
at
all.
You
certainly,
you
know,
look
at
the
champions
up
there
and
you
know
we
want
to
Championships
this
year.
We
need
to
win
a
couple
more
we'll
be
happy,
so
we
want
to
win
this
one
as
well.
So
I
want
to
thank
you,
the
the
at
the
end
of
the
day.
C
The
hope
is
that
we,
this
is
this.
This
competition
will
encourage
drivers
to
reflect
on
their
behavior
behind
the
wheel
and
not
just
for
a
few
minutes
for
the
way
that
they
drive
their
cars
to
develop
new
safety
habits
while
having
fun
we're
gonna
be
looking
for
not
we're.
Gonna,
be
looking
at
the
anonymous
data
that
we
received
to
identify
potential
locations
for
improvement
on
our
roads,
those
spots
that
we
know
some
of
those
spots
that
we
have
to
make
investments
in,
but
those
other
spots
that
we
might
not
be
talked
about
every
single
day.
C
So
it's
not
only
a
good
competition
for
all
of
you,
it's
good
for
the
whole
city,
because
the
opportunity
that
we
take
the
data
and
the
information
that
we
find
and
we
make
investments
in
those
areas
you
can
download
the
app
today
and
sign
up.
We
want
you
to
tell
your
friends
about
this
and
we
hope
that
everyone
has
fun.
I
mean
good
luck
to
the
drivers
competing
on
the
parallel
parking
initiative.
Today,
hopefully
you
know
when
you
learn
how
to
drive.
That
was
a
three-step
process.
C
You
can
remember
that
it's
those
streets
that
process-
and
you
don't
to
yell
at
anybody,
because
no
one
around
you
today
so
but
I
just
want
to
seriously.
Thank
you
today
this
time
this
is
a
competition,
but
the
competition.
The
real
intention
behind
this
is
making
sure
that
our
roads
are
safer.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
being
here
today
on
this
beautiful
rainy
April
day
in
Boston.
A
Thank
You
Mac.
We
are
fortunate
in
Boston
that
we
have
a
really
strong
group
of
transportation
and
advocates
it's
hard
to
pick,
which
one
would
actually
fill
this
role
in
a
speaking
program.
They've
all
been
so
great
about
pushing
us
when
we
need
to
be
pushed
and
pulling
us
when
we
need
to
be
pulled.
Voices
on
the
vision
see
our
task
force
as
well
as
sort
of
helping
community
members
find
the
right
place.
They
need
to
go
to
sort
of
advocate
for
the
things
that
they
care
about.
A
D
D
Our
efforts,
the
Boston
cyclist
union,
doesn't
just
believe
in
making
the
streets
safer
for
people
to
bike,
but
we
hope
that
Boston
continues
to
move
towards
being
a
city,
that's
safe
for
people,
no
matter
how
they're
getting
around
whether
you're
walking
biking
using
public
transportation,
taking
a
scooter
or
driving,
and
we
have
a
long
history
of
working
with
the
city
to
make
this
possible
a
lot
of.
It
goes
back
to
our
work
with
the
city
in
2013
and
2014
in
coding,
bicycle
crash
data
with
the
Boston
Police
Department.
D
We
used
people
power,
a
team
of
12
interns
and
staff
to
create
a
first
and
an
important
asset
that
was
the
foundation
of
the
city
of
Boston's
adoption
of
vision,
zero
in
2015.
We
should
be
proud.
We
were
the
13th
of
now
dozens
of
cities
across
the
country
to
adopt
vision,
zero
and
now
this
city
is
looking
once
again
to
use
people
power
to
advance
advance
vision,
zero,
but
in
this
case
shared
public
pressure
and
spreading
public
understanding.
D
If
there's
a
lot
of
responsibility
involved
in
being
behind
the
wheel
of
a
car,
gamifying
safe
driving
is
a
smart
way
to
use
the
public
space
to
encourage
good
behavior.
It's
also
a
great
way
to
get
anonymized
data
that
can
help
the
city
further
understand.
Where
do
changes
need
we
made
on
the
ground?
D
We
know
that
speeding
and
distracted
driving
are
two
of
the
most
dangerous
behaviors
that
lead
to
injuries
on
our
roadways.
Anyone
on
a
bicycle
can
peer
into
a
window
and
see
people
eating
a
sandwich
talking
on
the
phone
texting
looking
at
Google,
Maps
typing
things
in
and
in
this
we're
hopeful
that
once
again,
the
Boston
safest
driver
will
continue
to
engage,
educate
and
lead
to
safer
streets
for
everyone.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
may
the
best
driver
win.
A
Thanks
Becca,
this
program
would
not
be
able
to
come
together
without
some
very
strong
partnerships
from
some
of
our
corporate
sponsors
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Here,
as
long
as
the
National
Safety
Council,
we
have
developed
this
relationship
with
Cambridge
mobile
telematics
over
the
last
two
or
three
years.
They
have
been
great
partners
and
this
as
well
as
advocating
for
safe
driving
across
the
city
of
Boston
and
around
the
country.
Liberty
Mutual,
has
been.
E
A
F
Thank
you,
Chris
I
appreciate
the
introduction,
so
Liberty
Mutual
is
proud
to
partner
with
the
city
of
Boston
and
Cambridge
Mobile
telematics
to
sponsor
Boston's,
safest
driver
competition
to
help
reduce
risk
and
dangers
on
the
road
in
the
city
and
throughout
all
our
communities.
Even
though,
even
though
we're
approaching
the
end
of
distracted
driving
awareness
month,
all
drivers
should
be
aware
of
their
own
driving
habits.
Every
time
we
get
behind
the
wheel
and
we
should
focus
on
safe
driving
practices.
F
We
believe
that
both
raising
awareness
and
the
dangers
of
distracted
driving
and
driving
behaviors
in
general
does
play
a
key
role
in
changing
behavior
and
providing
incentives.
Much
like
this
contest
is
doing
can
certainly
help
move
the
needle
at
Liberty
Mutual.
We
believe
progress
happens
when
people
feel
secure,
which
is
why,
for
many
years,
Liberty
Mutual
has
conducted
research
on
different
distracted
driving
behaviors,
especially
with
young
drivers
and
their
parents,
to
educate
them
about
driving
safety.
All
of
us
see
it
every
day,
especially
here
in
the
city.
F
People,
on
their
phones
at
red
lights,
stop
signs,
checking
their
emails,
sending
a
text.
It
seems
it's
almost
become
an
acceptable
behavior,
but
remember
even
a
quick
glance
at
your
phone
at
a
brief.
Stop
can
create
a
dangerous
situation
by
removing
your
focus
on
the
road
as
your
surroundings
can
change
in
just
an
instant
so
take
the
challenge
download
the
app
to
help
you
become
a
safer
driver.
We
want
our
neighbors
here
in
Boston
to
be
knowledgeable,
confident
and
safer
drivers.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
I'm
Ryan
McMahon
from
Cambridge
mobile
telematics
and
I'm
excited
to
talk
to
you
today
about
our
mission
and
participation
in
Boston,
safest
driver.
Our
mission
at
Cambridge
mobile
telematics
is
to
make
the
road
safer,
and
we
believe
that
that
starts
with
the
driver
through
the
sensors
on
the
mobile
phone,
we're
able
to
provide
feedback
to
an
individual
on
their
driving
trips
on
their
behavior,
specifically
to
the
acceleration,
braking,
speeding,
cornering
and,
most
importantly,
distraction.
G
Distracted
driving
has
become
an
epidemic
in
our
society
and
it's
not
just
in
Boston,
and
it's
not
just
the
United
States
its
worldwide.
The
World
Health
Organization
has
reported
that
distracted
driving
is
an
epidemic
and
their
2018
global
safety
report.
They
listed
that
smartphone
routes
and
other
distractions
are
causing
significant
injuries
on
roadways
worldwide.
Specifically
here
in
the
United
States,
the
Virginia
Tech
Transportation
Institute
in
their
2016
report
on
driving
safety
identified
that
36%
of
accidents
could
be
completely
removed.
G
If
distraction
was
not
a
factor
at
CMT,
we
have
seen
this
effect
directly
as
we
combine
data
from
smart
phones
with
behavioral
analytics
to
then
determine
how
to
provide
feedback
to
an
individual
on
their
driving
behavior.
Our
data
suggests
that
drivers
are
13
times
more
likely
to
get
into
a
crash
if
they're
distracted
than
those
that
aren't
and
that
affects
everyone.
It's
not
just
the
individuals
that
are
distracted
every
day,
but
it's
also
the
people
that
share
our
cities
streets.
G
All
this
information
is
valuable,
then,
if
it
can
be
provided
back
to
the
driver
in
a
way
that
they
can
understand,
so
then
remove
the
behaviors
that
are
causing
those
crashes.
Outing.
Incentives
like
partnering,
together
with
Boston,
safest
driver,
helps
us
amplify
the
effect
that
we
see,
naturally
from
feedback,
and
hopefully
together.
This
continues
to
drive
safety
on
our
roads.
G
H
I
know
I'm
the
last
speaker
between
all
of
you
and
the
parallel
parking
competition,
so
I'm
gonna
keep
this
very
short.
Thank
you,
Chris
for
that
nice
introduction,
I'm
Katherine
Carlson,
the
director
of
transportation
at
a
better
City,
where
I
also
lead
our
transportation
management,
association
or
TMA's,
as
everyone
has
been
calling
them
and
I.
H
But
part
of
making
it
easier
for
people
to
choose
sustainable
forms
of
transportation
is
making
the
streets
safer
for
all.
So
on
behalf
of
a
better
city
TMA
and
my
colleagues
in
this
field,
especially
Moscow
and
the
Seaport
EMA,
the
other
two
main
city
of
Boston
TMA's,
we're
especially
excited
that
the
city
has
added
the
Corporate
Challenge
piece
to
this
year's
competition.
H
Now,
not
only
can
you
prove
to
your
friends
and
your
family
that
you're
the
safer
driver,
but
you
can
also
prove
potentially
to
your
boss
and
all
your
co-workers
that
you're
the
best
on
the
team.
Understandably,
participation
by
employers,
especially
those
with
a
large
number
of
commuters
and
commercial
fleets,
is
essential
to
meeting
our
goals
of
vision,
zero,
we're
lucky
that
our
abettor
City
TMA
membership
includes
some
truly
incredible
leaders
in
the
business
community
who
go
the
extra
mile
to
be
proactive
and
help
us
reach
our
road
safety
and
sustainability
goals.
H
And,
in
fact,
my
colleague,
Pat
Sullivan,
at
the
Seaport
EMA,
just
told
me
this
morning
that
vertex
has
signed
on
for
the
Corporate
Challenge
and
so
we're
very
excited
to
encourage
some
of
our
other
large
employers.
Here
to
get
in,
don't
let
don't
let
vertex
show
you
up
we're
still
looking
for
a
few
good
men
and
women
to
take
on
this
challenge
if
you
haven't
signed
up
yet
today
is
the
perfect
time
it's
the
start
of
twelve
weeks.
As
we
all
know,
it
only
takes
about
two
weeks
to
form
a
habit.
H
A
A
The
first
is
to
download
the
app,
so
I
can
wait
for
you
to
pull
out
your
phone
and
download
it
while
you
do
that,
what
we
are
gonna
do
is
we're
going
to
actually
behind
where
all
the
cameras
are
is
sort
of
a
designated
parking
space,
and
that's
we're
going
to
use
so
we're
gonna
allow
the
cameras
to
take
a
moment
to
rearrange
themselves
as
they
need
to
as
we
transition
into
that
part.
As
we
know,
safe
driving
is
also
a
key
part
of
safe
driving.
It's
about
safe
parking
right.
A
And
looking
away
from
the
road,
we
know
from
the
study
that
Becca
referenced
a
few
years
ago
that
18%
of
the
bike
crashes
in
the
city
of
Boston
are
the
result
of
a
car
door,
opening
into
a
bike
lane
and
hitting
a
cyclist.
So
there
are
lots
of
things
that
you
know
not
just
about
driving
on
our
roads,
but
things
about
how
we
sort
of
maneuver,
to
the
curb
that
are
very
important.
I'm
excited
to
say
that
today
we
have
three
contestants
as
well
as
three
judges
to
score
them
on
their
behaviour.
A
So
these
judges
will
be
looking
at
each
drivers,
efficiency,
their
safety,
their
style,
their
precision
as
they
sort
of
come
around
and
park
in
each
case
to
do
a
live
play-by-play
of
this
event,
we
have
invited
somebody
that
has
been
calling
parallel
parking
out
his
living
room
window,
for
maybe
his
entire
life
and
judging
people,
but
Carmel
leaving
our
friend
from
the
MBTA
mascot
is
up
here,
he's
going
to
do
sort
of
the
live
play-by-play.
It
is
my
pleasure
to
turn
the
microphone
over
to
you,
sir,
as
we
enter
into
this
thanks.
I
Chris
I
know
you
said
that
this
is
the
very
first
parallel
parking
competition
of
Boston
I
want
let
the
want
to
let
everybody
know
that
there's
a
family-friendly,
MBTA
bus
rodeo
every
year
and
I
haven't
seen
it
yet,
but
I'm
very
excited
to
do
so.
So
where
are
we
on
getting
started
out?
The
drivers
coming
I
think
we're
going
to
wait
just
a
two.
I
I
I
K
Yeah
a
little
more
smaller,
so
that
would
have
been
a
challenge.
I
think
anybody
can
do
it.
So
if
you
drive
it's
more
cars,
I
walk
in
the
park.
Yeah
we're
going
to
be
judging
seeing
like
people
are
not
distracted,
people
who
can
be
here
vehicles
nowadays
they
have
a
blank
spots.
You
got
to
be
careful
with
that.
Make
sure
that
even
when
you're
backing
up-
and
you
look-
you
know-
people
still
walking
behind
you,
so
you
got
to
be
careful
with
that
and
let
to
happy
hopefully
see
who
wins
Thank.
L
I
L
I
I
K
I
All
right,
let's
see
how
the
other
contestants
do,
and
are
you
ready
to
render
your
scores
all
right?
Let's
do
it
on
the
count
of
three
one.
Two,
three
all
right
Bernadette
gets
two
fives
and
a
seven
and
as
we
tell
you,
those
scores,
we're
gonna
wait
for
our
next
driver,
and
here
he
is
from
the
North
Quincy
Auto
Academy
Jacob
Jacob's
been
teaching
kids
how
to
drive
for
a
while
now
and
is
proudly
representing
his
organization
he's
here
on
the
approach
very
confident,
swivel
he's
moving
back
into
the
parking
spot
Jacobs.
I
I
M
K
I
I
E
I
I
I
I
Right
everybody's
doing:
okay,
I,
like
that,
are
we
ready
to
render
our
scores?
Okay,
it
seems
like
we
are,
and
one
two
three
we've
got
an
8,
a
9
and
a
9
pretty
good,
but
not
quite
good
enough.
Thanks
everybody.
Let's
have
our
three
competitors
come
down
to
the
winner's
circle
and
receive
their
trophy.