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Vision Zero: Austin reports decade of declines in serious injuries and unveils citywide lighting plan
Summary
Transportation staff told the commission Vision 0 has cut serious injuries and fatalities overall and will use bond and federal grant funding to accelerate seven major intersection projects, a multimodal Cameron-Dessau corridor, an updated high-injury network and a city lighting plan to target crash and crime hot spots.
Transportation Public Works presented a 10-year Vision 0 progress report to the Public Safety Commission on Dec. 1 and described an expanded citywide lighting plan funded in part by a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All grant.
"Vision 0 is our city's goal, our policy to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries," said Joel Meyer, transportation safety officer, who said that through Oct. 10, 2025 the city was down about 40% in combined serious injuries and fatalities compared with the same point last year. He cautioned that fatality counts can fluctuate year to year but highlighted…
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