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Resident urges renewed enforcement of Austin distracted‑driving ordinance, cites decade‑old law and Vision Zero
2220193 · February 4, 2025
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Summary
A member of the public told the commission that the city’s distracted‑driving ordinance (adopted 2014) was effectively enforced in the 2010s but is now enforced rarely because of staffing; he asked the commission to pursue data and coordinate with Vision Zero
At the start of the Feb. 4 meeting’s public‑communication period, Scott Johnson addressed the Urban Transportation Commission about enforcement of Austin’s distracted‑driving ordinance, which he said the City Council approved in August 2014.
Johnson told the commission he was a founding member…
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