Jay Blazek Crossley – Page 22

Texas Congestion Hasn’t Gotten Better or Worse Over 32 Years of Data

by Jay Blazek CrossleyTexurban, VisionZeroTexas July 21, 2018Comments are Disabled

In a long-running practice of tilting at windmills, the State of Texas pours billions of dollars and concrete every year to continue growing the massive webs of impervious surface (roads) attempting to address the perceived problem of congestion. Traffic crashes are a much bigger problem than congestion, costing the people of Texas at least twice …

Making the Case for Vision Zero for Laredo

by Jay Blazek CrossleyVisionZeroTexas July 20, 2018Comments are Disabled

On Monday, June 18, 2018, Farm&City staff Jay Blazek Crossley and Ashkan Jahangiri traveled to the City of Laredo, Texas to present on Vision Zero to the Laredo City Council and the Laredo MPO. Laredo City Council Member George Altgelt invited us to present on Vision Zero along with Stephen Ratke, Safety Engineer with the Federal Highway …

Environmental sustainability implications of Austin’s regional growth policies

by Jay Blazek CrossleyGrowing Weirder, Texurban July 5, 2018August 1, 2018Comments are Disabled

In the Austin region, we must reduce our metropolitan carbon emissions to play a responsible role in the 21st century world community. Unfortunately, many of our public policies continue to increase our carbon footprint – especially land use and transportation policies. As we grow from two to four million, we have the opportunity to lower …