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Austin corridors spending provides perfect opportunity towards reaching Vision Zero

by Ashkan JahangiriGrowing Weirder, VisionZeroTexas April 26, 2018April 26, 2018Comments are Disabled

The City of Austin is committed to ending its epidemic of traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2025. The Vision Zero Action Plan, adopted by city council in 2016, includes a detailed list of potential countermeasures to reduce traffic deaths. Various City of Austin departments, led by the Austin Transportation Department (ATD) have led the …

$482m for safer Austin traffic corridors

by Jay Blazek CrossleyGrowing Weirder, VisionZeroTexas April 18, 2018April 18, 2018Comments are Disabled

In 2016, Austin voters approved a $720 million transportation bond. The city branded it as a Mobility Bond and authorized a Contract with Voters to facilitate accountability of such a large-scale set of expenditures. The contract lays out how the bond money should be split among three categories. $137m for local mobility projects, $101m for regional …

A safer Texas, one 311 request at a time

by Ashkan JahangiriGet Involved, VisionZeroTexas April 13, 2018September 10, 2018Comments are Disabled

I live and work on North Lamar between North Loop and Koenig. It’s the first place I’ve lived in Texas that enables anything close to an urban lifestyle. Meaning that I live in a nice little apartment and can easily walk to several shops and restaurants. I can bike to HEB in ten minutes, and …