Jay Blazek Crossley

George's Dad. Lily's partner. Born: TX, Raised: HOU, Live: ATX. ED of @FarmAndCity, which leads @VisionZeroTexas. Co-author: 21st St Coop Fight Song, he / him

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

@evan7257 Abundant safe multimodal access to opportunities and affordable options to live however you want in Texas, whether it be a small town, the country, or the big city.

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

Yay!

[Joshua Fechter @JoshuaFechter]

NEW: When a shrinking church sought to turn its property in a wealthy South Austin neighborhood into homes for lower-income families, neighboring homeowners tried to stop it.

A new state law helped the project over the line.

https://t.co/ckvoT5WW6G @TexasTribune #txlege

[FarmAndCity @FarmAndCity]

Crashes cost Texans $54B a year while congestion costs us about $15B. Our funding system is built for the smaller problem. The Legislature can fix that.

Farm&City submitted these comments today to the TX House Subcommittee on Transpo Funding:

https://t.co/s12HFF7e3Y

#txlege

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

“Texans can and should demand that all elected officials work honestly and collaboratively … to keep us safe when we are riding in cars and trucks, riding on bicycles, walking or using a wheelchair, or riding in transit,” Crossley said.

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

“Too many families in Houston have lost a loved one to a violent, unexpected event just trying to use the transportation system,” said Jay Crossley, executive director of the nonprofit Farm & City who has worked statewide on traffic safety improvements.

https://t.co/POGZo2EsES

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

“While there are of course disagreements about how to save lives & many examples of the us-vs.-them wars on bicycles & cars, Houston appears to be the only large government that I am aware of that has publicly shifted away from the safe systems approach to ending traffic deaths.”

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

If you live anywhere in the City of Houston, please remember you get to vote for Jordan Thomas for City Council on Tuesday!

https://t.co/eQvTRoihzM

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

People of Austin in Travis or Williamson County- ie constituents of CTRMA!

Please take this push poll that wants to justify roadway expansions by Oct 10, but argue for safety. Click on the map & add comments!

Stop sprawl subsidy! End freeway expansions!

https://t.co/rNL4oPX1hk

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

I'm proud @FarmAndCity & @VisionZeroTexas have supported the smart approach the State of Texas is taking to including autonomous vehicles as just one part of a broad strategy to reduce & end traffic deaths & serious injuries on Texas streets & roads.

This is good stuff. #txlege

[Pat Curry-State Representative @PatrickJCurry1]

I had a great morning participating in the Autonomous Trucking & Texas Workshop this morning with Senator @HagenbuchTX and representatives from DMV & DPS. This technology will save lives on TX roads and I was proud to help get this important piece of legislation over the finish line during the 89th session! #txlege

[Evan @evan7257]

The @HoustonChron editorial board weighs in on @METROHouston's budget debate: METRO is not a piggy bank for repaving streets. It’s a transit agency. https://t.co/QIsaLmoigY via @houstonchron

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

@JoeCutrufo @houmayor gross

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

@itsneenzjeez Yes.

My understanding is that Waymo and several other firms have achieved level 4 autonomy and there is starting to be a substantial record that these AI drivers (but only those really functioning at that high level of safety) are now safer than the average human driver.

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

This is personally exciting for me, as this new expanded area includes my house on the north side & our band practice space on the south side, with my office in the middle.

With the notable gap of North Lamar north of 183, this now covers most dense activity in Austin's core.

[Waymo @Waymo]

North to South, we're covering more ground in Austin starting today. Safe and fully autonomous Waymo rides, only on @Uber. See you on the road, ATX.

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

@JoeCutrufo Fun detail for Houston that I think is important: The area the same size as the loop to the west of the loop also is home to about 600,000 people. The dense urban core is really those two chunks, home to 1.2 million people (often depicted as an arrow).

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

@JoshuaFechter @TexasTribune @TomOliverson @RenzoDowney I was in the gallery one night when Hotel California came on during a POO, but you could hear music for a while before that.

When I walked in it was the song Walk by Pantera, which is at least a good, wholesome Texas band.

https://t.co/eizmbXvatL

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

@austin78753 This is the opportunity to make Texas streets safer that we have in front of us. And it’s good. Please help with this one and I’m happy to talk to you next month about some other proposal. Thanks!

[Jay Blazek Crossley @JayCrossley]

The Texas House will vote on SB 1013, the Safe Driveways bill, on Tuesday or Wednesday!

Please write your rep right now!

https://t.co/Y0rxyqAxKv

#txlege

[Council Member Chito Vela @CMChitoVela]

Let’s cap I-35 and end the East-West divide!