Statewide traffic fatalities remain high and big highway projects dominate transportation funding, but a diverse set of mobility advocates known as the Texas Streets Coalition is banding together to overhaul the state’s transportation priorities.
Through a set of bills at the Texas Legislature, the recently formed coalition has played a key role in advancing reforms to TxDOT and state road safety law during the 88th legislative session.
“We have succeeded at completely changing the discussions [in the Lege],” said Jay Blazek Crossley, a member of the Texas Streets Coalition. “At the very least, lawmakers, all the transportation people know that they have to talk about safety.”
