Hudson Reporter Hoboken stats show fewer crashes Mayor Ravi Bhalla announces improvements in Vision Zero safety categories × Mayor Ravi Bhalla signed an Executive Order officially launching the Vision Zero safety campaign in August of 2019. Mayor Ravi Bhalla announced substantial improvements in three of Hoboken’s Vision Zero safety categories. From 2019 to 2020, Hoboken saw a 35 percent decrease in pedestrians struck by vehicles, an 11 percent decrease in cyclists struck by vehicles, and a 27 percent decrease in vehicle-on-vehicle crashes, according to an analysis of crash reports by members of the traffic division of the Hoboken Police Department. Thirty-five pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in 2020 compared to 54 in 2019, 31 cyclists were struck by a vehicle in 2020 compared to 35 in 2019, and 1,027 vehicles were struck by another vehicle in 2020 compared to 1,410 in 2019.