Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about traffic deaths

Tell Your State Senator You Don’t Want 10 People to Die Each Day on Texas Streets

By Jay Blazek Crossley | Apr 26, 2017 | No Comments

Every day, 10 people lose their lives in traffic crashes on Texas streets and highways. Many people think these deaths are just another cost of doing business, but the carnage is preventable. It's time to commit eliminating traffic fatalities.

via $Car Free Austin$

Learning from Bogotá: No More Excuses

By Carrie Gammell | Oct 9, 2015 | No Comments

We ended this month’s meeting of the Pedestrian Advisory Council with a few thoughts on education and safety*. Of the 82 2015 Austin traffic deaths, 26 have been pedestrians. While we advocate and wait for infrastructure improvements in the form of reduced speed limits, marked crosswalks, sidewalks and bulb-outs, Jim Dale of the city’s Transportation Department […]