TXDOT staff present update on new safety funding to the TTC

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 …

Dallas City Council Favorably Receives Recommendation to Adopt Vision Zero

Now that Houston has adopted Vision Zero, Dallas and Phoenix are the only cities left out of the ten largest in the US that have not adopted Vision Zero and are not yet working on a Vision Zero Action Plan to end traffic deaths. It appears that Dallas may leave Phoenix behind with its own …

ACTION ALERT: Support TXDOT staff proposal to double safety funding

The annual Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) process called the Unified Transportation Program (UTP) is underway. This is a ten year plan that allocates funding across the state and across different priorities. A staff proposal is included in the draft 2020 UTP to add $600 million for the next two fiscal years dedicated to the …