On Tuesday (July 19th) the El Paso City Council will consider for adoption a Complete Streets policy to improve safety and walkability across the city. The matter comes before the council just days after Smart Growth America released their 2022 Dangerous by Design report in which El Paso ranked as the most dangerous city in Texas, and the 18th most …
Today Smart Growth America released their annual Dangerous by Design report, noting that “the number of people struck and killed while walking reached yet another new high in 2020” and the numbers for 2021 are looking worse. This is because while driving decreased in 2020, drivers continued to use our streets and roads exactly as they were designed… Dangerously. The …
The heat wave across Texas is but a taste of the disastrous future that Texas climate denial policies are pushing us deeper into. Texas land use and transportation systems are broken, outdated, costly, and only making these problems worse. We can address this now – here in Texas. Farm&City works with communities and nonprofits across the state to change our …