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 tell your MPO. Do you …
Category: VisionZeroTexas
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 the pro- cess of investing …
TxDOT Staff Present First Projects from New $600m in Safety Funding to Transpo Commission
The first 14 TXDOT projects ever to use the new Road to Zero safety funding should be let today at the monthly meeting of the Texas Transportation Commission (TTC). Yesterday, at the December 11, 2019 TTC workshop, TxDOT staff presented updates on various programs and projects currently underway, including details on progress made by the Safety Task Force on the $600 …