Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Vision Zero

It’s On: Legislators Call for Safe Neighborhood Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Feb 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

Yesterday Texas State Representative Celia Israel called for passage of the Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill (HB 1368). She was joined by Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Fort Worth Council Member Ann Zadeh, and Houston Public Works and Engineering Department Deputy Director Jeff Weatherford, as well as Representative Helen Giddings, who said that she would be the first co-sponsor of the bill.

$Some sidewalk chalk, orange cones, and raised platforms$

Austin Neighbors Show How a Safe Mueller Street Would Work

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Jan 13, 2017 | 2 Comments

A group of neighbors worked together to install a temporary traffic calming measure on McBee Street at Ruiz in Austin's Mueller neighborhood for one day -- the last day of 2016.

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Austin City Council Votes for Safer Street Designs and Speed Limits

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Dec 22, 2016 | 3 Comments

The recommendations could have long-term positive effects for street safety throughout the city.

$Source: Bike PGH$

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Fort Worth Joins Houston in Pursuit of Safe Neighborhood Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Nov 30, 2016 | 1 Comment

City Councilwoman Ann Zadeh is leading the charge in Forth Worth to make neighborhood streets safer through better design and lower speed limits.

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What Killed Eduardo Dill: ‘Failure to Yield Right of Way’ or Awful Streets?

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Sep 30, 2016 | 5 Comments

Tragedy struck El Paso again on September 22, when 27-year-old Susanna Lozano, driving her F-150 pickup truck, struck and killed 53-year-old Eduardo Dill as he attempted to cross a neighborhood street in his electric wheelchair. Police said that the “contributing factor” to the crash was Dill’s “failure to yield the right of way,” according to El […]

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Vision Zero Fail: Austin PD Wants to Ban People From Lingering By Busy Roads

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 26, 2016 | No Comments

The Austin Police Department doesn’t seem to understand what Vision Zero is about. Instead of making roads safer by enforcing pedestrians’ right of way or ticketing speeders, police are proposing to ban people from standing by dangerous, high-speed roads. Austin police want to make it illegal to hang out on certain streets. Photo: Kellie CA via Flickr As if [...]

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