"That response has yielded results. Out of the six largest Texas cities (Austin, Dallas, Houston, Ft. Worth, El Paso and San Antonio), Austin continues to have the lowest per capita serious injury and fatality rate. However, there is more work to be done. Though 2024 saw the fewest serious injuries recorded since the beginning of Vision Zero in 2015, crash fatalities have remained flat."
"However, there is more work to be done. Though 2024 saw the fewest serious injuries recorded since the beginning of Vision Zero in 2015, crash fatalities have remained flat. "If today is an average day on the streets and roads of Texas, 11 people will die in a sudden, violent, unexpected event," said Jay Crossley, executive director of Farm & City, a local urban planning and transportation nonprofit. In fact, 2000 was the last year where there was a deathless day on Texas roads."
A decade of Vision Zero work in Austin produced measurable safety infrastructure and programming investments but has not yet eliminated traffic deaths. Investments included hundreds of pedestrian crossings, hundreds of miles of new or upgraded sidewalks, hundreds of Safe Routes to School projects and more than a hundred transit enhancements. Austin maintains the lowest per capita serious injury and fatality rate among the six largest Texas cities, and 2024 recorded the fewest serious injuries since 2015. Daily roadway deaths in Texas remain significant, and additional, sustained interventions are needed to achieve zero traffic fatalities.
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