Policy Drivers Episode Two: Monica Guzmán of Austin’s GAVA

Today – for the second episode of Policy Drivers – we talked with Monica Guzmán, Policy Director for Go Austin! Vamos Austin!. She focuses on targeting issues that communities want and working closely with them to provide in-person outreach and realization of goals through research and evaluation of public policy. Monica is a native Austinite …

Your voice needed in planning for Texas regional growth

All Texas Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) are in the process of developing a new Transportation Improvement Plan right now, and they need to hear your wants, desires, vision, and needs for the regional transportation system. Do you wish that we put the highest priority on ending traffic deaths and serious injuries in Texas? You should …

Let’s Get Austin Back on Track in 2020 to Zero Traffic Deaths in 2025

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 …