Transportation
BY HALEY MCLEOD
Travis County greenlights initiative to eliminate traffic deaths
Distracted driving Speeding Crash data in Travis County by top contributing factor Under the influence
Travis County commissioners approved a goal of achieving a 50% reduction in roadway fatalities by 2035 and 100% by 2050 on March 11. Developing this plan will open doors for future funding from the U.S. Department of Transporta- tion, Commissioner Ann Howard said. The federal grant program is providing $5 billion over a five- year period toward local road safety efforts. The program is expected to continue until 2026. Explained The Safe Streets for All initiative, also referred to as Vision Zero, aims to eliminate traffic-related serious injuries and fatalities. In order to establish recommendations, the project team is reviewing crash and other relevant data, conducting field studies to understand conditions on high-crash roadways, and gathering ideas from the public. The final draft of the Travis County safety action plan is expected to be submitted to commissioners by May for final approval.
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SOURCES: TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
recent engagement period, which ended in March. Some of the top concerns revolved around speeding, distracted and aggressive driving, said Dan Malson, a contracted project manager for the county’s Safe Streets for All program.
By the numbers The county’s Transportation and Natural Resources department has conducted two public engagement periods thus far, receiving nearly 1,300 responses from residents during the most
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