Is Austin a Vision Zero Leader Hiding In Plain Sight?
Streetsblog USA
At least 75 people have died on the road in each of the 10 years since the Texas capital formally pledged to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries; in 2024, 97 people were killed, an uptick of seven deaths from the year prior that city transportation officials say was avoidable and unacceptable. Meyer said that the 29 major intersections that got the Vision Zero treatment so far have experienced a 38-percent reduction in serious injuries over the last decade, helping drive the city’s injury rate to the lowest level last year since the program began.
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