/tags/road-to-zero Road To Zero en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:08:58 GMT /austin/2019-01-07/deaths-on-austin-roads-down-slightly-in-2018-two-years-into-traffic-safety-campaign Road deaths in Austin dropped slightly in the city’s second full year of a campaign for traffic safety.Seventy-four people died on city streets in 2018,� Mon, 07 Jan 2019 22:08:58 GMT /austin/2019-01-07/deaths-on-austin-roads-down-slightly-in-2018-two-years-into-traffic-safety-campaign Audrey McGlinchy /transportation/2018-05-16/two-years-after-vision-zero-when-will-austin-streets-be-safer-for-pedestrians Part 1 of a three-part seriesFourteen-year-old Alexei Bauereis had quit the backyard stunts like jumping from trees onto roofs and downhill skateboarding� Wed, 16 May 2018 10:00:00 GMT /transportation/2018-05-16/two-years-after-vision-zero-when-will-austin-streets-be-safer-for-pedestrians Audrey McGlinchy /transportation/2016-05-13/for-first-responders-traffic-fatalities-take-an-emotional-toll Last year, 102 people died on Austin’s roads. All this week, we’ve been looking at the plan in our series � the Road to Zero.While we’ve heard the stories� Fri, 13 May 2016 21:37:18 GMT /transportation/2016-05-13/for-first-responders-traffic-fatalities-take-an-emotional-toll Audrey McGlinchy /austin/2016-05-13/whats-next-for-austins-vision-zero-plan This week, the Vision Zero draft plan moved through the city council’s Mobility Committee this week. The committee voted 3 to 1 to send it to the full� Fri, 13 May 2016 21:30:21 GMT /austin/2016-05-13/whats-next-for-austins-vision-zero-plan /austin/2016-05-13/to-end-traffic-fatalities-austin-says-it-takes-engineering-enforcement-education-and-you Francis Reilly is unique for an Austinite: he doesn’t have a car. He mostly rides his bike, but these days he mostly depends on the bus. To explain why,� Fri, 13 May 2016 11:46:11 GMT /austin/2016-05-13/to-end-traffic-fatalities-austin-says-it-takes-engineering-enforcement-education-and-you /austin/2016-05-12/in-austin-traffic-safety-improvements-come-to-those-who-ask This story is part of our series, The Road to Zero, which explores traffic deaths and injuries in Austin and the city's plan to prevent them.Traffic� Thu, 12 May 2016 22:13:37 GMT /austin/2016-05-12/in-austin-traffic-safety-improvements-come-to-those-who-ask /austin/2016-05-12/intoxicated-drivers-killed-39-people-in-austin-last-year-so-how-do-we-stop-them This story is part of our series, The Road to Zero, which explores traffic deaths and injuries in Austin and the city's plan to prevent them.She had� Thu, 12 May 2016 12:54:05 GMT /austin/2016-05-12/intoxicated-drivers-killed-39-people-in-austin-last-year-so-how-do-we-stop-them Audrey McGlinchy /transportation/2016-05-11/the-decades-old-theory-behind-speed-limits-might-make-it-harder-to-change-them This story is part of our series, The Road to Zero, which explores traffic deaths and injuries in Austin and the city's plan to prevent them.High speeds� Thu, 12 May 2016 01:12:43 GMT /transportation/2016-05-11/the-decades-old-theory-behind-speed-limits-might-make-it-harder-to-change-them Ashley Lopez /austin/2016-05-11/to-battle-texting-and-driving-austin-police-turn-to-the-element-of-surprise Over the next few months, the Austin Police Department plans to step up enforcement of the city’s hands-free driving law, which prohibits talking or� Wed, 11 May 2016 13:33:20 GMT /austin/2016-05-11/to-battle-texting-and-driving-austin-police-turn-to-the-element-of-surprise Matt Largey /transportation/2016-05-11/why-driver-distraction-is-a-persistent-problem-that-defies-easy-solutions This story is part of our series, The Road to Zero, which explores traffic deaths and injuries in Austin and the city's plan to prevent them.On January� Wed, 11 May 2016 10:00:00 GMT /transportation/2016-05-11/why-driver-distraction-is-a-persistent-problem-that-defies-easy-solutions Matt Largey