VisionZeroTexas – Page 22

DFW Regional Transportation Council Aims for Zero

by Ashkan JahangiriVisionZeroTexas March 16, 2018Comments are Disabled

Dallas – Forth Worth, along with every other Texas MPO, adopted safety targets set by TXDOT that continue to project increasing deaths year-over-year. However, the Regional Transportation Council (RTC), the decision making body for the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), demonstrated initial steps towards meaningful advances in transportation safety. The council added an …

San Antonio region envisions zero traffic deaths

by Ashkan JahangiriVisionZeroTexas March 12, 2018Comments are Disabled

Of the 10 largest Texas MPOs Farm&City investigated, the Alamo Area MPO (AAMPO), which covers the San Antonio region, seems to be most seriously pursuing Vision Zero – a deliberate approach to end traffic deaths. Along with every other Texas MPO, AAMPO adopted the TxDOT safety targets that assume a continuous increase in the total …

CAMPO makes meaningful strides toward a Regional Vision Zero Action Plan

by Ashkan JahangiriVisionZeroTexas March 5, 2018Comments are Disabled

At their last monthly meeting on February 12th, the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) Transportation Policy Board (TPB) agenda included adoption of Safety Performance Measure Targets. Farm&City has been working for the last six months with a coalition of nonprofits and citizen activists across the Austin region to provide analysis and best practices to the …