Lauren Grove | “We Know Where Peo...
Lauren Grove | “We Know Where People Are Dying. That's Enough” | Vision Zero Series
A City in Motion by Jeremiah LaDuca
S3 · E2
Sep 25, 2026
57:07
Episode notes

"We know where people are dying and being seriously injured. To me, that's enough."

Lauren Grove, Vision Zero Coordinator for the City of Durham, joins Jeremiah LaDuca for part two of the Vision Zero series. In Durham, 10% of streets account for 74% of traffic deaths and serious injuries, and she says about 80% of that high injury network is state-owned road. She came to Durham after six years doing this work in Houston.

In this episode:

  • How Durham built its high injury network, weighting the most severe crashes higher
  • Why she tells people up front that a project may add 30 seconds at a light
  • Trusting the crash data you already have, and where crash reports miss injuries
  • Transportation equity emphasis areas, and where quick builds go first
  • Finding a champion in another agency, and taking them ...