Traffic Deaths

Spencer Schumacher, chair of the Bicycle Advisory Council, said the bikes were likely removed by maintenance and construction crews who were unaware of why the bikes were there.

Crashes are common on the popular corridor. The city has tried reducing the speed limit. Now, it's cutting lanes near Zilker Park from four lanes to two.

A record 125 people died in crashes last year, breaking the previous high of 118 set only a year earlier.

The changes are a relatively low-cost tactic aimed at the most aggressive speeders.

Traffic fatalities in Austin are on track to surpass 2021's record-breaking death toll.

A rise in road deaths has coincided with a sharp decline in speeding tickets and other citations. The city blames a staffing shortage, so it might pay Travis County law enforcement for help. But the county has staffing problems of its own.

At least 106 people have died in traffic crashes this year in Austin, the highest number on record.

Las muertes viales en Texas este año son 14% más altas que durante el mismo periodo de tiempo en 2020, según datos del estado.

Road fatalities in Texas through May are 14% higher than the same time period last year, according to Texas Department of Transportation data.

A new report warns that pedestrian deaths per mile driven soared in the first half of the year, with the death rate likely to see the largest one-year increase in 2020.