Across Texas, we continue to be in the midst of an epidemic of traffic violence. In the early stages of what has now become a statewide paradigm shift in how we think about this crisis, the City of Aus- tin took decisive action. Council adopted a goal to end traffic deaths by 2025 and begun the pro- cess of investing …
The people of coastal regions of Texas have suffered extensively from a series of extraordinary storms that have ravaged 49 counties since 2016. Hurricane Harvey alone caused an estimated $125 billion in damage, according to the Texas Tribune. People died and others had to evacuate their homes in these storms. Floods ran through homes. Many Texas families lived as refugees …
Now that Houston has adopted Vision Zero, Dallas and Phoenix are the only cities left out of the ten largest in the US that have not adopted Vision Zero and are not yet working on a Vision Zero Action Plan to end traffic deaths. It appears that Dallas may leave Phoenix behind with its own Vision Zero strategy, following a …