Recent Streetsblog TEXAS posts about Vision Zero

It’s On: Legislators Call for Safe Neighborhood Streets

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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.

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

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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

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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 [...]