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Austin has elected a strong urbanist majority to council

by Jay Blazek CrossleyGrowing Weirder December 11, 2018One Comment

Following an exciting night of almost all victories in the November general election for Austin’s urbanists, the city council runoff elections Tuesday have set the stage for the City of Austin to undo decades of exclusionary zoning, abandon the failures of car-dependent market perversions like minimum parking requirements, and end the ravaging effects of displacement-inducing …

Austin Proclaims November 18 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

by Jay Blazek CrossleyVisionZeroTexas November 15, 2018November 14, 2018No Comments

Austin Mayor Steve Adler has proclaimed November 18, 2018 as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims in Austin. In November of every year Texas marks a grim anniversary. Every single day, for the last 18 years, a family has lost a loved one to traffic violence in Texas. But the losses are even bigger than that, because an …

Get Involved: I don’t want ten people to die on Texas roads every day

by Jay Blazek CrossleyGet Involved, VisionZeroTexas November 14, 2018No Comments

On average, ten people die using the Texas transportation system every day. Most of them are riding in cars and trucks. Many die riding motorcycles. Many die walking or riding in a wheelchair. Many die riding bicycles. We can end traffic deaths in Texas. Farm&City is working with a coalition of organizations to host the …