The 👏🏽 Houston 👏🏻 region 👏🏿 has 👏🏽 the 👏🏾 deadliest 👏🏼transportation 👏🏻 system 👏🏽 in 👏🏿 the 👏🏼 nation

640 people are dying on average every year on Houston's roads. Staggering. This excellent Houston Chronicle report points the finger at: #1. Sprawl #2. Wide, fast road design #3. Lack of enforcement #4. Lack of sidewalks, bike lanes houstonchronicle.com/local/article/…

Tired: News coverage looks at 640 traffic deaths individually over a year and blames the victims. Wired: News coverage that looks for root causes of the city's sky high traffic death rate. 👏👏👏 houstonchronicle.com/local/article/…

Can Houston transition to a walkable, transit friendly city? Eliminating parking requirements in its most walkable, transit-accessible n'hoods would be a good start. usa.streetsblog.org/2018/09/07/hou…

Houston Chronicle editorial Houston Chronicle calls for Houston to relax parking rules all over the city thanks in part to Angie Schmitt post on Streetsblog USA - dtrnsfr.us/2Ob4YYJ

People who live in the most congested areas of the SF Bay Area have the best job access. Why? Because they’re close to a lot of jobs. Congestion just doesn’t matter that much, according to a new study. usa.streetsblog.org/2018/09/17/lac…

The City of Houston requires that bars provide parking. The City of Houston requires that bars provide parking. The City of Houston requires that bars provide parking. The City of Houston requires that bars provide parking. The City of Houston requires that bars provide parking.

As NYC and LA et. al. embraced #VisionZero HOU and Texas set a safety goal where fatalities actually will increase over time. A companion piece to our newest part of Out of Control on design. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

A mother and wife left behind by a tragic crash, where blame is hard to find. Great work with a hard story to tell from Susan Carroll chron.com/news/investiga…

Some HOU area streets are deadly by design. Mark Mulligan shows off many from above, while APPLE WORLD & rachaelgleason worked to explain w/ me what some of the problem spots look like. houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Always fun walking from City Hall at 6pm, where the light is dim and the drivers are angry. I swear, people behind the wheel seem to be actively trying to hit pedestrians who have the right-of-way at crosswalks.

WE CAN END TRAFFIC DEATHS IN TEXAS

#TXLEGE: Pass the Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill All Texas neighborhoods deserve safe streets! I signed the Vision Zero Texas petition. bit.ly/2DCCjtM #slowthecars #visionzeroSA

🚨🚨🚨Transit priority lanes coming to West 5th Street. 🚌🚌🚌

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