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Travis County adopts Safe Streets and Roads for All action plan, commits to fatality‑reduction goals
Summary
Commissioners adopted a countywide safety action plan recommending 59 project locations, 74 policy/process actions and a formal commitment to cut fatalities and serious injuries by 50% by 2035 and 100% by 2050; staff will form an interdepartmental implementation task force.
Travis County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted the final Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) safety action plan and approved a resolution restating the court’s leadership commitment to reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries by 50% by 2035 and eliminate them by 2050.
The plan — prepared for the county by TNR staff and consultant Kimley‑Horn — identifies 59 project locations across the county (51 segment recommendations and eight intersection recommendations) and 74 policy and process recommendations for county operations and partners. TNR project manager Charlie Watts and consultant Dan Malsam summarized two public engagement rounds and analysis used to derive the plan.
Phase 1 public engagement (fall 2024) generated roughly 1,200 survey responses and 1,200 map comments; phase 2 engagement asked the public to prioritize draft projects and yielded 905 votes from 218 respondents, with about 78% supporting recommended projects, the consultants reported. The plan highlights four priority safety focus areas identified from crash data: low ambient lighting, occupant‑protection deficiencies, pedestrian‑involved crashes and intersection‑related crashes.
The plan lists priority actions for county implementation including a local road safety plan for off‑system roads, targeted high‑visibility enforcement at identified hot spots, development of a high‑crash‑corridor signing program (English and Spanish), recurring coordination meetings between the Sheriff’s Office and TNR for crash review and project implementation, and emergency‑management updates for evacuation signage and routing.
Commissioner Howard moved and Commissioner Trevillian seconded a motion to adopt the plan, approve the resolution committing the county to the fatality‑reduction goals, and direct staff to form an interdepartmental task force to coordinate implementation. The motion passed unanimously. County staff said some recommended capital projects would require separate funding and design work and that the plan’s adoption also allows the county to pursue SS4A implementation grant funding, which requires an adopted Safety Action Plan as a prerequisite.
