MPO – Farm&City

El Paso City, County and MPO commit to Vision Zero

September 27, 2022 Scott White

Every year dozens of people are injured or killed on El Paso area roadways, with around 40% of them being pedestrians – such as Rodolfo Hernandez (pictured below, photo by Omar Ornelas of the El Paso Times) who was struck by a motorist in downtown El Paso, and left with lasting physical and emotional scars. But all that could change …

Houston – Galveston Area Council becomes first Texas MPO to adopt Vision Zero goal to end traffic deaths

October 23, 2020 Jay Blazek Crossley

The Houston – Galveston Area Council’s (HGAC) Transportation Policy Council (TPC) voted unanimously to adopt a resolution establishing a goal to end traffic deaths in the 8-county Houston region by 2050. In recent history, about 600 families have lost a loved one to traffic deaths in the Houston region, and another almost 3,000 people have suffered live changing serious injuries, …