Austin taking steps to make walking safer with new signals

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin has hired a pedestrian coordinator to help make the city a safe, walkable city.
The position was created a year and a half ago and is part of the Austin Transportation Department.
Part of Joel Meyer’s goal as pedestrian coordinator is to study crash data on every crash involving a pedestrian and vehicle. It’s a significant problem according to Meyer who helped put together Austin’s Pedestrian Safety Action Plan released in January.
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