Officials say upgrades made with voter-approved mobility bond dollars are saving lives and money.
AUSTIN, Texas — In a recent report, Austin transportation officials found a 22% drop in deadly and serious injury crashes at 22 major intersections that have received safety upgrades since 2016.
“It’s not just numbers, right?” Joel Meyer, acting Transportation Safety Officer for Vision Zero, said. “They’re people. They’re our family. They’re our friends.”For example, Interstate 35 at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near the University of Texas saw an 86% drop in average annual fatal and severe crashes compared to before the intersection received safety improvements.Meyer said the improvements are not only saving lives, but also money from hospitalizations, insurance and other costs.
Meyer said drivers running red lights is causing most of the increases – a problem that’s tough for his office to stop. He added that a small sample size of crashes and limited after-crash data for more recent projects also explains the variability.
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