In 2019 the Dallas City Council made a bold pledge: the city would take the first steps toward a goal of eliminating traffic deaths.
In 2019 the Dallas City Council began talking about a major effort to eliminate traffic deaths. Four years later records show little progress on re-shaping some of the city’s most dangerous streetsCouncil members said Dallas would become a “Vision Zero” city, joining an international list of communities where leaders aim for zero road fatalities and a 50% reduction in serious injuries.
NBC 5’s Don Peritz, who is also a retired traffic sergeant with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office, helped us clock cars driving down Buckner. Speed is one-half of what appears to be a lethal combination on Bucker, mixed with a constant stream of pedestrians crossing the road without using crosswalks.watched people cross Buckner in the middle of the block. It’s not hard to understand why when you see how far pedestrians must walk to find a crosswalk in some places.People rush to cross Buckner Boulevard in Dallas where there are few crosswalks, including one man pushing his wheelchair.
“This is a road that is designed unsafely,” Zipper said of Buckner Boulevard. “And it's people, I think, on foot in particular, who are going to pay a disproportionate share of the price for that.” Kathryn Rush, chief transportation planner for the City of Dallas, right, talks with NBC 5's Scott Friedman.
When asked how things got that bad, Rush said it's due to, in part, not having someone dedicated to using data to identify the high-injury locations in the past.Rush explained that even though the city council approved Vision Zero in 2019, it took three years for the city to create an action plan. “We're not questioning any city's commitment to safety, but to really be recognized as a Vision Zero community we want to see very explicit timelines, strategies, and ownership,” said Leah Shahum, Vision Zero Network's founder.The group believes cities must lower speed limits and narrow traffic lanes or reduce the number of lanes in pedestrian areas to encourage drivers to slow down.
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